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| Senate votes to deny funds to ACORN |
| 2009-09-15 |
| The Senate voted Monday to block the Housing and Urban Development Department from giving grants to ACORN, a community organization under fire in several voter-registration fraud cases. The 83-7 vote would deny housing and community grant funding to ACORN, which stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. The action came as the group is suffering from bad publicity after a duo of conservative activists posing as a prostitute and her pimp released hidden-camera videos in which ACORN employees in Baltimore gave advice on house-buying and how to account on tax forms for the woman's income. Two other videos, aired frequently on media outlets such as the Fox News Channel, depict similar situations in ACORN offices in Brooklyn and Washington, D.C. The Senate's move would mean that ACORN would not be able to win HUD grants for programs such as counseling low-income people on how to get mortgages and for fair housing education and outreach. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 A few ACORN reorg name possibilities: Tehreek-e-Marx Commie Qaeda Ho's N Homes Chock Full O' Nuts |
| Posted by: ed 2009-09-15 09:04 |
| #4 ACORN will be re-organized under a new name and incorporation (same people and policies) and continue to be fully funded. Bet on it. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-09-15 08:59 |
| #3 There's always the Cash for Commies program. Consult the czar nearest you. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-09-15 07:53 |
| #2 The Senate's move would mean that ACORN would not be able to win HUD grants So long as they don't quietly restore it during House-Senate negotiations. Keep the pressure on. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-09-15 06:22 |
| #1 The Senate's move would mean that ACORN would not be able to win HUD grants for programs such as counseling low-income people on how to get mortgages and for fair housing education and outreach. Home values may soon be trending upward on this news. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-09-15 04:55 |