' The Issa Report- ACORN "a criminal enterprise..."'--Click the picture:
Posted on 09/17/2009 11:33:12 AM PDT by Mikey_1962
The House, in a motion to recommit attached to the student loan bill, has voted overwhelmingly to de-fund ACORN. It was a bipartisan vote, with more than 300 members voting for the measure. (We'll get the full numbers/vote breakdown shortly.) This goes further than the Senate did; the Senate took money out of one bill. This is to de-fund the group completely -- for any money the House would appropriate. *** UPDATE *** House Minority Whip Eric Cantor's office just sent around this statement: “ACORN has violated serious federal laws, and today the House voted to ensure that taxpayer dollars would no longer be used to fund this corrupt organization. All federal ties should be severed with ACORN, and the FBI should investigate its activity. This united Republican effort to defund ACORN is a victory for the rule of law and taxpayers across the country.”
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This bill allows the NATIONALISM of ALL student loans.
Acorn is a side issue. Look at the bigger picture.
The MSM wants everyone to know about Acorn and NOT the purpose of the Bill.
NO CELEBRATING! We need to find out how these jerks got funding for all those years in the first place!
DOH! (always use spellcheck)
Now we need to clearly articulate that ACORN is/was operated in the same manner that ObamaCare would be operated.
No. All this shows is that there are DimocRATS who are fearful of the 2010 elections.
We need to get names and attach them to this vote come reelection time.
A list of targets for the next election.
Great observation.....yes they are irrelevant to anything now.
As a compromise, the Republicans voted $41 billion for the new organization OAKSEED which will help minorities and migrants start new businesses, buy homes, and vote.
OAKSEED, by a remarkable coincidence, is located on the second floor of the recently-defunded ACORN headquarters, and shares a headquarters staff and board with ACORN, so disruption to our most vulnerable citizens will be minimized.
Republican spokesmen said, "This shows that the Republican party can be strict - we will not tolerate abuses like those that happened at ACORN. Yet at the same time, we are compassionate and caring. Por los campesinos - todos. Fo' shizzle! Romney 2012!
What it means is, there will be no college loans unless they are from the government.
Thanks for posting this.
The GOP is INCOMPETENT if it doesnt make this an issue in the 2010 elections. A third of RATS vote to keep funding corruption with tax dollars!
Does anyone know if this includes a cut off of funds from the stimulus bill?
This may only apply to future allocations by the House, but not to anything previous, which would give Acorn billions for years to come.
And selective enforcement for failure to pay.
The Congressional Black Caucus.
The more threads on this issue the better. It helps keep the issue front and center so the trolls can’t “flood the zone” to push it off... Why do you object?
Right - and WE being the Government will now be responsible for non-payments as we are with other govt programs.
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