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Posted on 09/17/2009 7:24:18 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Community-organizing group Acorn said Thursday it was considering quitting its voter-registration work amid a growing political storm over its activities, a move that could hurt Democrats at the polls.
In the latest rebuke, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Thursday to block the group from receiving federal funds. Republicans attached the measure attacking Acorn to an unrelated bill that advances a top Democratic priority: making the federal government the sole provider of college loans, forcing private lenders out of the origination market.
The Acorn measure passed with strong bipartisan support, 345-75, while the student-loan bill passed by 253-171, largely along party lines.
After the vote, Republican Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia said "Acorn has violated serious federal laws" and was a "corrupt organization."
Acorn's most recent problems stem from a series of secretly recorded videos showing Acorn employees offering advice on evading taxes, setting up brothels and smuggling illegal immigrants. In the past, Acorn employees have admitted to filling out false voter-registration forms.
Earlier this week, Acorn President Bertha Lewis said the group would conduct an internal investigation into the videos, citing "indefensible action of a handful of our employees."
Acorn spokesman Kevin Whelan said the group was now deciding whether to focus on such lower-profile election activities as persuading registered voters to head to the polls. Its stated mission has been to register low-income Americans to vote.
"If you do registration on a large scale, you open yourselves up to political attack because it's inevitable that you will make some small mistakes," Mr. Whelan said.
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Cut voter registration work? Their grave diggers on strike?
Nice. B-17 con-trails. Approaching target.
They aren’t going anywhere. They’ll be happily committing voter fraud, probably with some revamped, stealthly moniker that fools everyone, (including Charlie Gibson). Look for a chapter of “B-CORN” in a neighborhood near your polling place.
They probably can’t afford to continue with the voter fraud after being cut off from our federal tax dollars. Our tax money was being used to help elect liberal Democrats. It is such a pleasure to watch the roaches run when the lights get turned on.
I suggest they focus on their legal defense.
ACORN are like skining cockroaches.
James and Hannah did an incredible service to America as these cockroaches scatter because of the spotlight. They will reform when the lights go out under a new name.
We just have to try to be ready for them.
Obama *IS* ACORN.
I think there is more coming down the track. I know everyone thinks Acorn is just going to re-emerge as another entity, but I think they are about to go down BIG TIME. I think a number of state AGs have them in their sights, and I think even the FBI might be doing something. Remember, the biggies who lead this organization are bound to be known to the authorities so no matter what they call themselves, they are being watched.
Watch Americorps suddenly get into the voter registration and census business.
Courtesy of Newsmax, here are some subsidiaries:
Among the ACORN subsidiaries and satellites are the ACORN Institute, Project Vote, Service Employees International Union–Local 100, WalMart Alliance for Reform Now, ACORN Housing Corporation (AHC), Living Wage Resource Center, ACORN Law on the Web, KABF Radio, KRON Radio, Site Fighters, the quarterly journal Social Policy, Financial Justice Center, New York’s Working Families Party, Precinct Action League (PAL), Citizens Services Inc., Katrina Survivors Association, Citizens Counseling, Inc., and Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice.
BTTT for comments and photos that need to be read by everyone on FR.
Big Bertha said they’ll do an “internal” investigation - what they want is that no light of truth shines on their innards.
That’s exactly what is needed - vivisection!
Sounds more like a threat from ACORN to the Dems. You cut our money we don’t get you elected
That would be good, but what other tenticle of ACORN would pick it up?
Not sarcasm — reality????
Soros and his money.
Oh thank you for posting that..maybe it deserves its own thread?
This also puts a serious dent into zero’s plan for a Youth Corps. ACORN would have been a major player in that.
That’s possible. Maybe they have spread their enterprise too thin, and it is breaking.although If not for the videos...they’d still be A.O.K. W/all the support from dems possible. The dems were hit pretty hard by this one..can you believe it? That list from newsmax is huge.
I thought that ACORN changed it’s name to COI. Does COI now get the funding that was once given to ACORN ?
Oh please let this be true. If we went back to honest elections, the dems wouldn’t have a chance.
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