House Republicans To Defund ACORN Again, Even Though It Still Does Not Exist

[Sallow]

Gotta love it.

House Republicans To Defund ACORN Again, Even Though It Still Does Not Exist

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are scheduled to vote on two separate budget bills this week, each of which would reject funding for the poverty activism group ACORN, despite the fact that ACORN disbanded three years ago.

ACORN, also known as the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, came under heavy fire in the fall of 2009 after conservative videographer James O'Keefe released a set of selectively edited videos that appeared to show its employees offering advice on tax avoidance related to prostitution and child smuggling. Independent investigations by the California attorney general, the Massachusetts attorney general and the Brooklyn, N.Y., district attorney would later clear ACORN of criminal wrongdoing, and an investigation by the Government Accountability Office would clear ACORN of charges that it mishandled federal funds.

But in the fall of 2009, Congress banned federal funding for ACORN using broad language that applied to "any organization" that had been charged with breaking federal or state election laws, lobbying disclosure laws or campaign finance laws or with filing fraudulent paperwork with any federal or state agency. The funding ban also extended to any employees, contractors or others affiliated with any group so charged.
House Republicans To Defund ACORN Again, Even Though It Still Does Not Exist

Good work folks.

You guys should be a shoe in come 2014.

 

[zeke]

I think the rethugs just lost track of time. They still believe they will win the upcoming presidential election. With Mittens. And that acorns are everywhere.

When you do as little as the Rethugs in the House have done, I can see where you might want to re visit what you already did. For the upteenth time. Hey maybe they will vote down Obamacare next. That has worked really well for them.

 

[Stephanie]

Gotta love it.

House Republicans To Defund ACORN Again, Even Though It Still Does Not Exist

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are scheduled to vote on two separate budget bills this week, each of which would reject funding for the poverty activism group ACORN, despite the fact that ACORN disbanded three years ago.

ACORN, also known as the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, came under heavy fire in the fall of 2009 after conservative videographer James O'Keefe released a set of selectively edited videos that appeared to show its employees offering advice on tax avoidance related to prostitution and child smuggling. Independent investigations by the California attorney general, the Massachusetts attorney general and the Brooklyn, N.Y., district attorney would later clear ACORN of criminal wrongdoing, and an investigation by the Government Accountability Office would clear ACORN of charges that it mishandled federal funds.

But in the fall of 2009, Congress banned federal funding for ACORN using broad language that applied to "any organization" that had been charged with breaking federal or state election laws, lobbying disclosure laws or campaign finance laws or with filing fraudulent paperwork with any federal or state agency. The funding ban also extended to any employees, contractors or others affiliated with any group so charged.
House Republicans To Defund ACORN Again, Even Though It Still Does Not Exist

Good work folks.

You guys should be a shoe in come 2014.

yeah sure, they JUST changed their name..Sallow really, hufferpost now?

 

[Stephanie]

SNIP:
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) was a collection of community-based organizations in the United States that advocated for low- and moderate-income families by working on neighborhood safety, voter registration, health care, affordable housing, and other social issues. At its peak ACORN had over 500,000 members and more than 1,200 neighborhood chapters in over 100 cities across the U.S.,[3][4] as well as in Argentina, Canada, Mexico, and Peru.[5] ACORN was founded in 1970 by Wade Rathke and Gary Delgado.[6] It filed for Chapter 7 liquidation on November 2, 2010, effectively closing the organization.[7] Many ACORN members and organizers formed new state-wide organizations.[8]

from:
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[rightwinger]

Killing ACORN four years after it died
37 votes to repeal Obamacare
Naming post offices

Those things Republicans can find time to vote on........Jobs, presidential appointments, student loan rates

Just not on their agenda

 

[Sallow]

Gotta love it.

House Republicans To Defund ACORN Again, Even Though It Still Does Not Exist

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are scheduled to vote on two separate budget bills this week, each of which would reject funding for the poverty activism group ACORN, despite the fact that ACORN disbanded three years ago.

ACORN, also known as the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, came under heavy fire in the fall of 2009 after conservative videographer James O'Keefe released a set of selectively edited videos that appeared to show its employees offering advice on tax avoidance related to prostitution and child smuggling. Independent investigations by the California attorney general, the Massachusetts attorney general and the Brooklyn, N.Y., district attorney would later clear ACORN of criminal wrongdoing, and an investigation by the Government Accountability Office would clear ACORN of charges that it mishandled federal funds.

But in the fall of 2009, Congress banned federal funding for ACORN using broad language that applied to "any organization" that had been charged with breaking federal or state election laws, lobbying disclosure laws or campaign finance laws or with filing fraudulent paperwork with any federal or state agency. The funding ban also extended to any employees, contractors or others affiliated with any group so charged.
House Republicans To Defund ACORN Again, Even Though It Still Does Not Exist

Good work folks.

You guys should be a shoe in come 2014.

yeah sure, they JUST changed their name..Sallow really, hufferpost now?

They aren't funded by Congress and haven't been.

Catch up.

 

[Stephanie]

Gotta love it.



Good work folks.

You guys should be a shoe in come 2014.

yeah sure, they JUST changed their name..Sallow really, hufferpost now?

They aren't funded by Congress and haven't been.

Catch up.

yeah, like Planned Parenthood isn't...
catch up and stop being a tool

 

[Sallow]

Killing ACORN four years after it died
37 votes to repeal Obamacare
Naming post offices

Those things Republicans can find time to vote on........Jobs, presidential appointments, student loan rates

Just not on their agenda

Add in..there's still a war going on.

Nothing to see here folks.

 

[Sallow]

yeah sure, they JUST changed their name..Sallow really, hufferpost now?

They aren't funded by Congress and haven't been.

Catch up.

yeah, like Planned Parenthood isn't...
catch up and stop being a tool

Again.

This thread is about ACORN.

Stay focused.

 

[Stephanie]

SNIP:

ACORN Received $31 Million in Government Funding Since 1998


Rob Bluey

October 22, 2008 at 10:39 pm

ACORN Received $31 Million in Government Funding Since 1998

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is asking President Bush to immediately block all federal funding for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) until the FBI completes its multiple investigations of the group’s suspected voter registration fraud.

from:
ACORN Received $31 Million in Government Funding Since 1998 | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation

 

[rightwinger]

SNIP:

ACORN Received $31 Million in Government Funding Since 1998


Rob Bluey

October 22, 2008 at 10:39 pm

ACORN Received $31 Million in Government Funding Since 1998

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is asking President Bush to immediately block all federal funding for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) until the FBI completes its multiple investigations of the group’s suspected voter registration fraud.

from:
ACORN Received $31 Million in Government Funding Since 1998 | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation

Your story is from when Bush was still president

Republicans LIED and made up some stupid pimp story to kill ACORN

Now they still beat that dead horse. Republicans should apologize to ACORN and give it full funding

 

[Sallow]

SNIP:

ACORN Received $31 Million in Government Funding Since 1998


Rob Bluey

October 22, 2008 at 10:39 pm

ACORN Received $31 Million in Government Funding Since 1998

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is asking President Bush to immediately block all federal funding for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) until the FBI completes its multiple investigations of the group’s suspected voter registration fraud.

from:
ACORN Received $31 Million in Government Funding Since 1998 | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation

Your story is from when Bush was still president

Republicans LIED and made up some stupid pimp story to kill ACORN

Now they still beat that dead horse. Republicans should apologize to ACORN and give it full funding

And what they did was unconstitutional.

They put in very broad language to target specific agencies.

Had their little snit fit been more comprehensive, the US would stop doing business with companies like Halliburton.

 

[Sallow]

SNIP:

ACORN Received $31 Million in Government Funding Since 1998


Rob Bluey

October 22, 2008 at 10:39 pm

ACORN Received $31 Million in Government Funding Since 1998

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is asking President Bush to immediately block all federal funding for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) until the FBI completes its multiple investigations of the group’s suspected voter registration fraud.

from:
ACORN Received $31 Million in Government Funding Since 1998 | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation

Here's the thing, Step.

They were cleared of almost every "charge" (Which was specious enough).

And, they performed a very vital function, on the cheap. They found housing for the very poor and ex cons.

Seems that congress didn't replace that function either. Typical.

 

[Stephanie]

sallow, you post stuff like this from the hufferpost and then tell people not to take the Daily caller as a source for information?

really?

 

[Old Rocks]

People like Staph don't want to see housing for the very poor. Seeing them sleep under bridges gives them such a feeling of superiority.

 

[Seawytch]

sallow, you post stuff like this from the hufferpost and then tell people not to take the Daily caller as a source for information?

really?

Boom! And there's the deflection....

 

[LogikAndReazon]

The maggots formerly associated with acorn have moved on to crawl out from beneath other rocks......

Lets hope the right keeps shining the spotlight on those beggars....

 

[Sallow]

The maggots formerly associated with acorn have moved on to crawl out from beneath other rocks......

Lets hope the right keeps shining the spotlight on those beggars....

Unlike the sterling men at Halliburton.

Who sold the government such crappy equipment it electrocuted our troops.

That's what you folks support.

Three cheers for our murderous conservative politicians..

 

[PredFan]

Gotta love it.

House Republicans To Defund ACORN Again, Even Though It Still Does Not Exist

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are scheduled to vote on two separate budget bills this week, each of which would reject funding for the poverty activism group ACORN, despite the fact that ACORN disbanded three years ago.

ACORN, also known as the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, came under heavy fire in the fall of 2009 after conservative videographer James O'Keefe released a set of selectively edited videos that appeared to show its employees offering advice on tax avoidance related to prostitution and child smuggling. Independent investigations by the California attorney general, the Massachusetts attorney general and the Brooklyn, N.Y., district attorney would later clear ACORN of criminal wrongdoing, and an investigation by the Government Accountability Office would clear ACORN of charges that it mishandled federal funds.

But in the fall of 2009, Congress banned federal funding for ACORN using broad language that applied to "any organization" that had been charged with breaking federal or state election laws, lobbying disclosure laws or campaign finance laws or with filing fraudulent paperwork with any federal or state agency. The funding ban also extended to any employees, contractors or others affiliated with any group so charged.
House Republicans To Defund ACORN Again, Even Though It Still Does Not Exist

Good work folks.

You guys should be a shoe in come 2014.

Going to de-fund something that doesn't exist? What's the problem then?

 

[Sallow]

sallow, you post stuff like this from the hufferpost and then tell people not to take the Daily caller as a source for information?

really?

The Post paid a prostitute to lie about a Senator..when, exactly?