Posted on 08/19/2009 3:25:45 PM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing
ACORN is also listed as a "partner" in the Apollo Alliance, along with SEIU, and Center for American Progress president John Podesta. The "green jobs" group has significant pull in Congress and helped to write the February stimulus bill. It is a major player in the debate over economy-crippling cap-and-trade legislation.
The Apollo Alliance "is designed to bring together the elements of organized labor with the community organizers with the green groups, the environmental groups, and to access all of the big foundation money that's been supportive of those causes in the past," according to Phil Kerpen, director of policy for Americans for Prosperity.
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That must have been a good show.
Was Rush on today? It’s usually too early for me to watch.
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