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House GOP to call for total cutoff of federal funds to ACORN
The Washington Examiner ^ | 9.15.09 | Byron York

Posted on 09/15/2009 7:28:12 AM PDT by rvoitier

Today House Republicans will introduce a bill that would end all federal funding to ACORN and its affiliates. Republicans are also sending a letter to President Obama on the same subject.

The action comes after the release, on the website BigGovernment, of three undercover videos showing ACORN employees in Baltimore, Washington DC, and New York City offering advice on how to evade taxes, cover up prostitution activity, and abet the use of minors in prostitution. In the wake of those disclosures, the U.S. Census cut its ties with ACORN, and yesterday the Senate voted 83-7 to cut off housing funds for the organization.

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1 posted on 09/15/2009 7:28:14 AM PDT by rvoitier
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See other threads, There may be a video at San Bernadino. How many videos are there.

This is exploding under the MSMs feet.

2 posted on 09/15/2009 7:31:12 AM PDT by sr4402
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This vote will be interesting since the Senate vote went the correct way. Then will Obama veto it?


3 posted on 09/15/2009 7:31:16 AM PDT by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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To: rvoitier
end all federal funding to ACORN and its affiliates

The all important term "affiliates" works for me. Kill hydra funding.

4 posted on 09/15/2009 7:31:52 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Obama: A day without TOTUS is like a day without sunshine)
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It is going to be 4 videos soon, the latest “devastating” they say. Hehehehe....


5 posted on 09/15/2009 7:34:24 AM PDT by eureka! (Turn the Tea Party into our own ACORN when voting time comes. GOTV.)
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To: rvoitier

And the media says: [crickets]


6 posted on 09/15/2009 7:34:48 AM PDT by DRey
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"This is exploding under the MSMs feet."

Yep! The blind in one eye and can't see out of the other media couldn't find a story if they bumped right into it.

7 posted on 09/15/2009 7:38:54 AM PDT by GloriaJane (http://www.last.fm/user/GloriaJane)
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To: rvoitier

Beck claims Bammy met with Billy boy for advice on this scandal.


8 posted on 09/15/2009 7:39:33 AM PDT by Dallas59
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yesterday the Senate voted 83-7 to cut off housing funds for the organization.

Why didn't Charlie Gibson know about this?
9 posted on 09/15/2009 7:40:03 AM PDT by presently no screen name
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oooohm republicans are sending a letter to the president!

How many of us wrote or called Boehner and others about ACORN billions in funding in the porkulous bill? I know I did.

Now a couple of citizen journalists have launched an investigation and congress is going to “write a letter”

Just get out of the way, ya dam oligarchs, let the people take care of the people's business

10 posted on 09/15/2009 7:40:16 AM PDT by silverleaf (If we are astroturf, why are the democrats trying to mow us?)
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To: Dallas59

Bill Clinton?!


11 posted on 09/15/2009 7:40:38 AM PDT by kcvl
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after beck and breitbart et al did all the work,

the pubies are fast learners.


12 posted on 09/15/2009 7:40:43 AM PDT by ken21 (i am not voting for a rino-progressive.)
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New tape out today from San Bernandino, CA, per Beck’s radio show. He played audio. It is devastating.


13 posted on 09/15/2009 7:40:44 AM PDT by KansasGirl (I hate the media.)
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bttt


14 posted on 09/15/2009 7:41:12 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: rvoitier

That should also mean they receive no federal contracts or subcontracts to conduct programs like get out the vote or census taking.

As another FReeper noted that would mean removing ACORN/COI from the approved vendor list or whatever it’s called.


15 posted on 09/15/2009 7:41:29 AM PDT by Let's Roll (Stop paying ACORN to destroy America! Cut off their government funding!)
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A box of rocks being replaced by a drunk!


16 posted on 09/15/2009 7:41:31 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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Yes..


17 posted on 09/15/2009 7:41:40 AM PDT by Dallas59
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To: eureka!

Glenn is playing snips of it on radio right now.......the latest is pretty cool........the ACORN worker was an “escort” herself.......it just keeps getting better.


18 posted on 09/15/2009 7:42:38 AM PDT by tioga ("You lie!" Joe Wilson 9-9-09)
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As opposed to the partial cutoff, I suppose.

It must be me.


19 posted on 09/15/2009 7:43:02 AM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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I called my Congressman's Washington office yesterday.

Glad to see him on the job.

20 posted on 09/15/2009 7:43:05 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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