Dems Vote to Allow Federal Funding for Corrupt ACORN
by Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)
Last night, defying the will of a bipartisan majority of the House and Senate, Democrats voted to allow the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) to receive federal taxpayer dollars.
In September, large Congressional majorities in both houses voted to sever all ties between the federal government and ACORN. The Senate vote was 85-11; the House vote was 345-75. You’d think that those votes, which USA Today described as prohibiting “any federal funding for the community organizing group,” would have settled the matter. You’d be wrong.
Months later, with the country’s focus on jobs, healthcare, and the Global War on Terror, Democrats are moving to restore funding to ACORN. Last night, Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA) offered an amendment during deliberations on the Democrats’ massive year-end appropriations bill to clarify the prohibition on federal funds going to ACORN or its subsidiaries. That amendment was shot down on a 5-9 party line vote as Republicans sided with taxpayers while Democrats stood with ACORN.
Rep. Latham’s amendment is necessary to prevent taxpayer money from going to ACORN because the Obama Administration’s Department of Justice has taken advantage of a legal loophole to allow ACORN to continue to receive federal funds – despite the passage of the House GOP’s Defund ACORN Act in the fall.
The American people and the Congress have spoken loud and clear: ACORN should be denied any taxpayer funds. Period.
ACORN has already received far too much money from the American people. An analysis of federal data by the Office of the Republican Leader staff determined that ACORN has received more than $53 million in direct funding from the federal government since 1994, and has likely received substantially more indirectly through states and localities that receive federal block grants.
Enough is enough. The American people are tired of seeing their tax dollars wasted on an organization accused of serious crimes – and that’s why House Republicans are stepping up efforts to defund ACORN once and for all.
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Corruption is destroying this country.
So much for bipartisanship… Democraps will do whatever they want, whenever they want. Principles be Darn'd…
Unbelievable. The Democratic/Progressvie/Socialist Party sincerely wants US to become a Third World Banana Republic.
Not only is mediocrity rewarded, but better yet the lowest of the low.
Obama-Reid-Pelosi and all their followers are completely and utterly amoral.
Soul-less, dead men walking. This is so freaking surreal, like watching a very bad B movie.
Me thinks they WANT a revolution……..
My question exactly. What is the next step? This MUST stop.
Imo, the democrats are supporting the funding to make sure they receive acorn "help" come election time.
Disgusting. And this must be stopped now, long before campaigns get ramped up or it will be a given that things will be very ugly come election time.
Is it 2010 yet?
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Talk about Going Rogue, what are they nutts!?
Legal loopholes will not go unnoticed.
Enough is enough! Vote people! Get the bums "packing" and put people in that know what the meaning of a dollar is. How can you possibly govern if you've never had a REAL job and had to meet a payrol ?
Why is this organization still in business? Better yet, who are the traitors that voted for this? Get the names and post them here and everywhere. Would be great if someone could keep track of the names and maintain a master list. Then when the sheep finally start complaining you can just hand them a list and say "so who on that list is in your district? And why did you re-elect them?" The finger of blame is moving more and more toward the voters that put these fools in office. These people in DC do not care about any of you, everything they do they do for their own personal advancement in political office and financial gain. Of course the media, bias fringe media is silent as I am sure their pockets are being lined by these animals.
What are you prepared to do?
Time to give corrupt politicians, bias fringe media and the special interest groups a "lethal" dose of their own medicine through http://www.savingtherepublic.com
You have to have principles beore you damn them.
ACORN…Asscociation Of Community…blah blah blah.
more closer to the point would be >
A Criminal Organization Re-Named
They seem to be calling Breitbart's bluff . . . But I don't think he's bluffing.
Thank you Congressman Boehner. Please hold the line until we can get you some reinforcements in 2010 and God Bless you.
Nope….not 2010….. 1 9 8 4 ! !
We'll be lucky to get to a 2010 election without a complete economic collapse. Then what? Suspend elections due to national emergency? Invalidate election results with legal maneuvering? Nothing would surprise me at this point….
The amazing thing to me is that the corruption is right out in the open. It's like a dictatorship that has no fear of the people.
Democrats and ACORN are totally corrupt. Republicans not too far behind (and that only because they are out of power). Time for a third party — a TEA party to skim the scum off the pond we call Congress.
These people are unbelievable. Just amazing… Get rid of them all>
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Democrat support for Acorn funding will be a major issue next November! Those who support, or defend
ACORN are domestic terrorists, and must be removed from office!!! November 2010 cannot come soon
enough!
In the name of God almighty, when will our citizens wake up to the UN sponsored, & US DEM's assistance of the Communist take over of this nation. Yesterday's threat , by the White House to Congress, regarding the regulation of Green House Gasses by the EPA unless they pass Cap & Trade, is not only unconstitutional but it is thuggery and extortion up front and personal and in the face of each and every one of us. This is on the heels of the Climate gate e-mail scandal proving that this entire premise of man-made global warming is a sham on the whole world. Shout from the mountain tops at your reps before they muzzle us all.
Vote the Bums OUT who voted to support ACORN. iTS THATS SIMPLE!!!
My roommate/friend is a liberal (let's call him Ben) – votes Green party most of the time. Ben voted for Obama in '08.
Ben will not retract his vote. I think it's because Ben likes to see the liberal agenda move forward. Sucked in by Obama's pledge for transparency and "crossing of the aisle" campaign rhetoric, Ben now has to go along with the radical ideas of the secular progressives. It's still early though, Ben (like me) is in his late 20's.
Shouldn't the formerly 'mainstream' media be reporting this? I mean, if Dubya had done these things…..
Thank you Boehner! Now what do we do about it? Please Andrew, come to the rescue!! We are hoping you have more videos that tie PBO to these crooks!
LIBERALS are doing ALL of our work for us!
http://noliberalspin.blogtownhall.com/2009/12/09/...
The Anti Liberal Zone
See you morons in 2010 and 2012.
PETREAUS/PALIN 2012
The above pertains to anything that this administration and congress touches. ACORN being one of the most agriegious. They may have not "Broken the Law…in the videos" but, if someone would investigate this crap, I bet they'd find some broken ones.
What is amazing about this is that people are amazed. What else could Damacrats do beside stand by their puppy?
Who were the members of that commitee and are they up for un-election in 2010?
you know – there may be quite an element of truth to your comment about a revolution. the actions of the last year (less than) have been in planning for quite some time. this is all so very well calculated and executed.
it's very, very scary stuff.
[...] Top GOP: Dems Vote to Allow Federal Funding for Corrupt ACORN [...]
ACORN will need to be stopped by force. It's time to fight back. These criminals undersand only one thing. Swift and overpowering violence. I suggest it get done before Obama appoints them his "Civilian Security Force" and arms them and SEIU. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt2yGzHfy7s
If that's what they want…..time to lock and load!!
The way the democrats are going, this is looking to be a stellar election for anyone without a "D" after their name.
I wish I was a cartoonist
I think the 5 members of the commitee that voted it down should be shown carrying a throne, on it would be a an ugly pimp looking dude with a an ACORN bling necklace, dragging along some child prostitutes on a chain, the politicians would be pimped out as well.
Caption – How long until you think the voters figure this out?
Dems will be adding to the unemployment numbers in 2010 and 2012. SOB's will fall dor their protection of ACON. More time will provide more opportunities for greater exposure of their, ACON, coruption as I am certain more videos, documents, and whistle blowers are ready to make a debut.
Chances are there will be no next election in November 2010. No one should think these people have not already thought out that potential. They are bold because they know there will not be a next election. Look for any crisis to set the election aside and elections to follow.
I wish I was a cartoonist
I think the 5 members of the commitee that voted it down should be shown carrying a throne, on it would be a an ugly pimp looking dude with a an ACORN bling necklace, dragging along some child prostitutes on a chain, the politicians would be pimped out as well.
Caption – How long until you think the voters figure this out?
ACORN is a thoroughly corrupt organization and should not only be defunded, it should be prosecuted. The Democrats will do everything in their power to sweep this under the rug and keep funding their buddies and WE all need to continue to shine the light of day on it.
THIS IS NUTS ! Are these Democrats insane ?? Are Democrats even AMERICANS now ? This is so hard to fathom in VIEW OF this countries mandate about defunding ACORN ! So now we taxpayers are funding an ILLEGAL Democrat supported lobby that criminally influences votes.
The Democrats are at the point now where they could care less about what Americans want in their elected representatives. It's a "F__K YOU attutide… "we are going to do what WE want and to hell with you stupid voters".
My rage is going to give me a heart attack. Is there not ONE LEGITIMATE DEMOCRAT who truly loves this country above him(her)self ? Good Lord…. Are you assholes going to get a spanking next November !
Destroying this country or is it just exposing the Corupt Criminal activties of Hussein and his Posse of Clowns?
The Dems will not give up Acorn and go quietly into the night. They use Acorn as shock troops to roust people in the poor neighborhoods to vote for them and to pick them up and take them to the polls on election days. They register only Democrats and support only Democrats. They, and the SEIU union thugs are the troops on the ground for the party. We have one, and only one, chance left. And that is; vote Republican and Independent ONLY in 2010. If we can get 41 Democrat seats reversed in the House, we can unseat Nancy Pelosi and take majority control of the committee's away from the absolutely CORRUPT Democrats like; Frank, Conyers, Murtha, Rangel, Waxman, etc.
We ARE today a corrupt governed people. If Obama's chief of staff, Rohm Emanuel is allowed to run the census, there will be no more chance of electing Republicans or Independents to many districts-they will be gerrymandered for Democrats only-that's why the White House took control of the census-hello? Control of the air you breathe, control of your health, control of your banks, and control of your health. What's left?
Bipartisanship, Transparency all Lies. Joe Wilson is correct….Hussein and his Posse of Clowns are LIARS.
Sorry, I said "control of your health" twice. I meant to add control of education!
We have the opportunity to Right their, The Dems, Wrong in 2010 and 2012.
I think ACORN shoudl be RICO'd right up the tailpipe, but I have to ask why are we giving TAX money to ANY organization?
Both parties have signed on to the Redistributionist ideology, it's just that one (Dem's) have turned it into a deviant art form while the other dabbles in it more and more.
A previous author here is right, this is a single party system in DC that see's us as it's economic slaves
This is not a mere "culture" of corruption — it's an entire party BASED on corruption.
These Democrats are turning out to be the MOST corrupt party in the history of the U.S. Funding corruption with ACORN, kick backs to cronies/friends/relatives/girlfriends, standing in the way of justice, lying consistently to the American public, refusing to allow necessary investigations of fellow democrats. I understand that these things occur at some level in all governments, however, these Democrats are writing a new book on how corrupt a government can be. There is no honor or integrity anywhere in the hearts. Their pride get in the way of their ability to see beyond their blinders.
Of course they are funding Acorn,they need that corrupt org to keep the voter fraud going, so they can remain in office. It is a crime that they are recieving our tax money and needs to be investigated. If others in congress do not stand up against this administration, they need to go also, Our constitution is going by the wayside as they are stealing our country. They will not listen to the people as they push their agenda down our throats. Please Wake Up America before there is nothing we can do to stop this train.
So Mr. House Republican Leader what are you going to do about it. Come here and whine about it, or are you going to be a leader?
"and that’s why House Republicans are stepping up efforts to defund ACORN once and for all."
So what is the plan, we sure would like one that We The People can support. We want to support you, but you offer a platitude, not a solution. How long will it be before you bring solutions to this site. Were waiting Mr House Republican Leader.
Correction: COMMUNISTS, disguised as "Democrats" are destroying this country. It has been going on for at LEAST 50 years.
GOOGLE: "The 45 Stated Communist Goals" and read the list. It's right out of the "Democrat" playbook.
GOOGLE: "The Sworn Affidavit of Bishop Ron McRae" and read that as well. Then you'll have a good idea of just who and what the illegal Kenyan Muslim Marxist racist anti-Christ usurping White House squatter is!
I predict that by the time next November rolls around, free elections will be a thing of the past. This IS the final phase of the Communist Takeover Of America, people, right under your stuffed up noses!
and why are'nt the Republicans making a big to do about this? There should be TV & radio ads about this so everybody knows about this; not only people who read blogs. Wake up Michael Steel! WAKE UP!!
Let me guess how many of the 9 who voted against the ban were black and the others were affraid of the black vote. White america stand up and take charge. Liberals do not care about white america. Vote them out in mass. THose who have to ask if this is based on race…. the answer is yes. Blacks support blacks and white support whites. Let see who wins the next election.
Get ready to fight, people. Fight them with demonstrations in their states and districts. Fight them outside their office buildings. Fight them at the election booths. Arm yourselves for any rebuttals. Take the liberals and RINOs and weaklings out of office. Let's take our country back from the criminals, conspirators, treasonists, career politicians, leftists and marxists pundits and writers, atheists, peaceniks, pinkos, who took it from us while we played nice and sat by. It is our country, fought for and won by the blood and sacrifice of common people!!! Fight!! Fight!! Fight!!
Try Palin/Rubio. If you're not familiar with him, check him out at marcorubio.com
Senator Boehner, the platform your party should be running on in 2010 is the Anti-Corruption platform with adds detailing the massive links the democrat party has to these corrupt organizations. If it weren’t for ACORN Al Frankin would not be a US Senator right now.
This corruption is far more systemic than anything the few Republicans were accused of when pelosi ranted about her “culture of corruption”. These organizations are directly in bed with the democrats and they are flaunting it in our faces. They don’t seem to care that we can see what they are doing.
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One of the worst things that has happened to this country is the liberal media's paving of the way for the Democratic Party to take over Congress and Obama to win the presidency. Some people, including some Republicans, like to blame George Bush, but this was the media's doing; and the media are still at work, under – reporting, falsely reporting, or not reporting at all, what certainly looks to be the efforts of those in power to destroy America.
First – THANK YOU Andrew and your wonderful patriotic assistants! I live for your posts each day. I have spread the word far and wide to friends and relatives re this website and record and watch Glenn every day. KEEP up the attack for we who can't help till we get out the vote in 2010! Keep the pressure on Acorn so that we the 'severe backlash tea party or 912 ers etc' have less of a problem winning elections! Without thier cheating and dragging people to polls in presidential elections these marxists would not be in office. For the rest of my life I will never again take government for granted. Not even the dog catcher will escape my study!
I am sitting here flabbergasted at the WH threatening THE PEOPLE with a 'punitive' misuse of EPA powers!
For positive fun I have been checking the 'links' on http://www.isthereglobalcooling.com/
THANKS!
Elections have consequences. The corruption of the Democrat Party is only as deep as the ignorance of the voters. ACORN guarantees millions of ignorant, uninformed voters for the Democrat party every election year. The Democrats continue to push to fund ACORN even after being exposed as a criminal enterprise because they have to. They are linked at the hip. One needs the other for their mutual survival and to stay out of jail. Every Democrat that supports this organization is as much a criminal as the ACORN ring leaders and street thugs. We need to continue to loudly expose ACORN and their political guardians and come 2010, after taking back Congress, end this criminal enterprise with Congressional investigations and jail for those found to be behind the years of stolen public funds and election fraud.
MAYBE WE NEED TO TAKE BASEBALL BATS TO THESE BASTARDS IN THE STREETS. LETS START DOIN IT!!!!!!
KILL ACORN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!12 % OF THE POPULATION DOES NOT DICTATE TO THE REAL MASSES… BLACK IS WHACKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Change your exemptions so they won't get your tax dollars.
Not surprised. This is the Chicago way.
Keep trying to hold them accountable, Breitbart!
Get it through your heads, folks — there isn't going to be a 2010 election. Thanks in part to "Dubya's" campaign of executive centralization and his series of secretive "executive orders", the Central Government (it's an abuse of language at this point to call it "Federal") is now poised to assume control of all transportation, communications and other vital resources on the simple declaration that a "crisis" exists. We are poised today on the brink of so many "crises" that almost any one of them could be invoked at a moment's notice to justify canceling the scheduled election — from financial collapse (or social unrest triggered by it), to a (false flag) terrorist attack (and/or an assassination attempt), to widespread public protest over almost anything. Take your pick — just don't count on voting for anything a year from now.
I would like to compile a list of government funded "organizations" that are politically motivated and to which party they are beholden. Perhaps after the holidays. Isn't it illegal to use taxpayer's money to support any political agenda?
time for blood…
The entire Congress is up for "Un Election" in 2010. Anyone who is in, will soon be OUT.
FistGate
ClimateGate
Union takeover of the auto industry at the expense of sharholders and bondholders.
The takeover of our election process by SEIU and ACRON….
Do I need to say more Mr. Boehner?
You need to start screaming from the rooftops about what is going on in this government or we are done as a first world nation.
Seriously, is anyone really surprised by this? Of course they voted to fund ACORN, Obama owes them big time for thier financial support of his campaign and all of the "voter registrations". Just another day in Obamaville.
Can our country get any more pathetic? 2010? What good does voting do when ACORN runs the show on how it will turn out with their corruption?
Democrats and the Obama Administration are the MOST CORRUPT group of political INCOMPETENTS to ever be in power at the same time in Washington, DC. These people are CRIMINALS. It is of the utmost importance to our country that we REMOVE as many as possible from office AS SOON AS POSSIBLE – 2010 and 2012.
We are going to have a new American Revolution and it will not be peaceful if they do not LEAVE GOVERNMENT.
These are the future brownshirts – get the lesson from history….they're only doing it differently.
Democrats do NOT have ANY PRINCIPALS.
Next November, be sure to remind you friends if the Dimocrap congressman running of reelection in your district continued to support giving taxpayer money to ACORN.
It's time to vote out corruption even if it includes all the Dimocraps and many of the Republicans.
Meantime, I'm stocking up on food, water, and ammo…
Democrats bankroll the most corrupt groups in America………..ACORN, BLACK PANTHERS, ACLU……….pathetic!!!
Call it what it really is – reparations.
Three more weeaks. Then the race begins.
I don't think we have until Nov. I got this gut feeling martial law is coming after what we're witnessing here. Everytime you think it can't get any worse, sure enough…just like clockwork, it does.
The corruption is blatantly being shoved in our faces and we don't have ammo…no voice, not a representative to be had.
C'mon, Andrew…do you have a card you can play here to hang these bastards once and for all??
Good. I'm glad they are giving ACORN more money. After all, they will ensure Democrats continue to win elections and stay in power. After all. Barrack Obama won didn't he cause Americans voted for him. Get used to it suckers.
Right Wingers, you are just jealous that you don't have a covert organization like ACORN to steal elections and convert America over to your idealogy. Socialism is here to stay and I can't wait till I don't have to work or pay anymore bills.
Ya all will get used to it. Just move to a beach town and get high everyday. Trust me.
LOL – I love your name! I had completely forgotten about El Kabong! thanks for the smile and memories =)
Corruption HAS destroyed the country . There , i fixed it for you
This disregard for the rule of law makes it quite simple. The majority of the population must replace every member of the House that voted for continued ACORN funding. This vote also illustrates the need to mandate Term Limits for members of Congress.
Look at the State Sovereignty platform of Ray McBerry as he runs for Govorner of Georgia and see how those principles could be applied in your state. http://www.georgiafirst.org
It would be great if someone would publish names
When is enough ENOUGH???? It seems to me they are forcing a violent overturn of our government so they can cast blame on all those evil right wing extremists. I never thought a day would come when I view my fellow americans as the enemy. That day has come most likely because this is what the left and obama want . They hate everything this country stands for for because it gets in the way of their perverted thoughts.
I am not nor ever have been a conspiratorial type but i NOW fear you may be right. For these seditious bastards to move forward with the intent of thoroughly pissing off the electorate AGAINST their will is very very disturbing. It is starting to smell like martial intent. It's as if they are are pushing us to the end of our ropes with the hope of causing insurgence against the government. This is no longer America. It is being methodically flushed by plan, I fear.
What (to me) is most bothersome is the lack of a "protesting" Congressional Democrat voice in this foray of power grabbing. Are they all corrupt or is it blackmail by ObamaPOS and his minions in the traditional Chicago style against all Democrat House members. This is truly scary.
I'm waiting for the spontanious combustion…..
[...] BigGovernment.com Reports: Last night, Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA) offered an amendment during deliberations on the Democrats’ massive year-end appropriations bill to clarify the prohibition on federal funds going to ACORN or its subsidiaries. That amendment was shot down on a 5-9 party line vote as Republicans sided with taxpayers while Democrats stood with ACORN. [...]
It will be a great day when all these communists are swinging from a rope or decomposing in a ditch. Let's hope that day will be soon.
the 2nd amendment
And guess which ethnic group controls most of the media? Hint: They invented communism.
This administration continues to crap in our faces. EPA taking control of the CO2 BS and now this Acorn business… ARMED Uprisings are coming if the bums dont get voted out…. The Libtards are a minority and one way or another they are going down…
One gets the sense that a cancer is growing within our government agencies. Extraordinary procedures may be necessary to save the nation. Time to bring out the guillotine?
I'd like to see an all-White nation, with a government by and for Whites, formed out of the terminally-corrupt USA's ashes.
Now you know what the 2nd Amendment is for.
lie, cheat, steal, whine and cry……and then teach othes to do the same. IMPEACH CORNGATE!!!!
There is still freedom of Speech, that is until they take that as well.
You know when this is all going to end? When people say, ENOUGH, and start taking out Democrats, and I don’t mean through the electoral process. What good is being a law abiding citizen when our government is being run by a collection of thugs. Our country is being destroyed. Our future and that or our children is being robbed. The decent hard-working people don’t have any representation. These idiots in the left which now has the democrats on a leash, starting with that stupid Marxist in the White House, are pushing this country towards a civil war.
It is time to remove these people from office by any means available leagle or not they are morally bankrupt..
What if we UNELECT all of these idiots in 2010, and they refuse to leave? Waht Then?
If Palin were in office, this creep organization would have been defunded and dismantled by now, and its leaders sporting orange jumpsuits. Just ask the rotten, corrupt ex-government officials, who have Sarah Palin's high heel wedged up their backside, currently doing time in an Alaskan prison.
Instead, because Hussein Hope-n-Change and the Democratic Congress is relying on their fraudulent votes next year, ACORN will be publicly funded, showered with the full array of government subsidies they've become accustomed to, and provided with protection by Black Panther Party thugs.
Welcome to the Chic-Kenyan Way.
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