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House panel makes ACORN eligible to share regulatory authority
Washington Examiner ^ | 10/27/09 | Mark Tapscott

Posted on 10/27/2009 9:46:10 PM PDT by Nachum

Besides giving advice on avoiding taxes and fraudulently getting home loans for brothels featuring 13-year-old Salvadoran girls illegally smuggled into this country, ACORN officials could soon be helping regulate your local bank, thanks to an amendment adopted by Rep. Barney Frank's House Financial Services Committee.

The amendment was sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters, D-CA, and provided that five slots on the oversight board for the proposed new Consumer Financial Protection Agency be reserved for representatives of "consumer protection, fair lending and civil rights, representatives of depository institutions that primarily serve underserved communities, or representatives of communities that have been significantly impacted by higher-priced mortgages."

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 111th; acorn; acornnetwork; agenda; banking; barneyfrank; corruption; democratcorruption; democrats; economy; healthcare; house; makes; maxinewaters; military; obama; panel; spencerbachus; veterans; waters

1 posted on 10/27/2009 9:46:13 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

You CAN’T make this stuff up!!!!!!!!


2 posted on 10/27/2009 9:47:10 PM PDT by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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To: Nachum

WHAT THE ****!?

The federal government of the US is a criminal organization.


3 posted on 10/27/2009 9:53:22 PM PDT by chris37
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To: Nachum

bump for tomorrow


4 posted on 10/27/2009 9:56:14 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Democrats are RACISTS and are afraid of losing their PLANTATION workers)
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To: Nachum

The most corrupt congress in history.

Pray for America


5 posted on 10/27/2009 10:08:35 PM PDT by bray (Silent No More)
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To: Nachum
Simply unbelievable.

The sheer nerve of these people. They actually thought they could sneak this past us?
6 posted on 10/27/2009 11:56:00 PM PDT by Uncle Ivan (Alea iacta est)
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To: Nachum

Barney is head of the “Put The Fox In Charge Of The Henhouse” club.


7 posted on 10/28/2009 3:45:23 AM PDT by RoadTest ( But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do)
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To: FlingWingFlyer; altair; stephenjohnbanker; little jeremiah; ~Kim4VRWC's~; voteNRA; CaliforniaCon; ..
ACORN Ping!

FReep mail me if you want on/off the list.


8 posted on 10/28/2009 3:50:09 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar (A mob of one.)
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