Posted on 11/27/2009 12:02:34 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has concluded that the Obama administration can lawfully pay the community group Acorn for services provided under contracts signed before Congress enacted a law banning the government from providing funds to the group.
The department’s conclusion, laid out in a recently disclosed five-page memorandum from David Barron, the acting assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel, adds a new wrinkle to a sharp political debate over the antipoverty group’s activities and recent efforts to distance the government from it.
Since 1994, Acorn, which stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, has received about $53 million in federal aid, much of it grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for providing various services related to affordable housing.
But the group has become a prime target for conservative critics, and on Oct. 1, President Obama signed into law a spending bill that included a provision that said no taxpayer funds — including funds authorized by previous legislation — could be “provided to” the group or its affiliates.
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Shameless.
more ammo to use against zero’s administration if not in elections then for hiring a racist like Holder...
Can we get an opinion from outside the Obamao criminal organization? Seriously, this is like a mob boss telling store owners they have to divvy up for the bag man every week.
Congress and Obama private slush fund.
Paid in peanuts, I hope...
Funny how the libs whined that Alberto Gonzales’s DOJ was too close to the Bush administration.
One more thing to hammer that hack politician Holder with.
Unbelievable
The Hussein/Holder “Justice” dept wants to give money to ACORN? Well knock me over with a feather!
Though I loath seeing a penny go to this criminal organization, I still believe a contract should be upheld.
Potentially, the same tactics can be used against any other organizations.
At this point, the Justice Department is more or less interchangeable with ACORN.
I have a feeling we’ll be seeing the administration using the holiday season to pull a lot of sneaky crap.
Underage illegal prostitutes can breathe safely now. /sarcasm
I see, so Eric Holder is perfectly fine with giving tax payer dollars to organized democrat criminals.
I think it may be time to go find a bunch of rope and some light posts ....
Sure the government can’t break any contracts with ACORN. Pre-existing contracts didn’t stop them when it came to taking over GM. And a Bill of Attainder didn’t stop the Gov’t from targeting CEO’s pay.
typical hypocrites
I'm sure the contract says something to the effect that "if you, ACORN, commit a crime then this contract is automatically null and void." Otherwise it would be perfectly legal to be a hitman, as long as there is a contract for each hit.
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