[...] sen mike johanns, tactics, tax evasion, taxpayer, transcript, video, washington | 1 Comment  UPDATE The Johanns Amendment # 2355 to H.R. 3288 passed by a margin of 83 to [...]

LMAO! Just tell me who the 7 'NO' votes are. (and then follow that money!)

Burris and Durbin both voted no. Figures since they are both from Chicago.

Per malkin's blog, its housing.

Yea! THANK YOU Senator Johanns! Go NEBRASKA!

So now the housing has been cut off from some gravy. I am sure it will take more than one try to cut the head off the snake. Huffin gton is in fear of backlash for covering this. The other media have no reporters on the street and just feed of bloggers.

Outstanding! Congrats and God Bless you Sen. Johanns.

http://jacksonianlawyer.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/...

By the way, the seven who voted against the amendment are:

•Dick Durbin (D-IL)
•Roland Burris (D-IL)
•Robert Casey (D-PA)
•Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
•Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
•Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
•Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)

It still has to go through the House, right? or no?

I feel like singing! "Camptown races sing that song, do-dah, do-dah……….Obamas scandals nine miles long, oh the do-dah day……………….."

(Where'd that girl go who figured out to put musical notes here?)

Mr Odumbo we the people are after your sorry marxist tail. Don't sleep sir, you don't have the time. You and all your suckling scum bag friends are leaving washington in the near future, and if we get our way you willl trade in your comfy houses for prison cells.
Sir you are a disgusting something less than humanbeing.

This was an amendment to bill HR 3288 – Appropriations for the Dept. Of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development.
Here is the exact text of the amendment:

SA 2355. Mr. JOHANNS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3288, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

After section 414, insert the following:

Sec. 4__. None of the funds made available under this Act may be directly or indirectly distributed to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).

Who are the 7 that are sucking the washington acorn teat?

the vote was just on adding the amendment, not on the whole bill, which still has to be voted on sent to the Senate, voted on and then to BHO, who will surely veto it to save ACORN.

Dont back off the pressure on this group it is nothing but a shell of allegedly 240 other sister organizations including SEIU.

Time is coming to truly turn up the heat on this corrupt govt, bias media and special interest groups… time is coming to give them a dose of their own medicine a "lethal dose" … savingtherepublic.com

Grinding wheel of justice = ACORN meal.

Congrats to all involved. This is a mighty blow for justice and, I'm sure, just the beginning!

Yes. We need to find out who the 7 pimps were. What a way to end their careers.

O'Keefe & Giles… Pure awesome!!!
Now this is the kind of "Hope & Change" I can get behind!

Will the One sign it, or will it need a veto override? I hope the arrogance gets the best of him and he forces an override, pulling all the garbage and skeletons out of the closet.

You guys deserve a Pulitzer for this. After all, you guys are the ONLY ones doing journalism. Fabulous.

My two stupid fuks voted against the amendment. Sigh.

[...] NEWS – Senate Votes to Defund ACORN Housing Read the article here, and from Michell Malkin [...]

Awesome info. No suprises, except Al Franken. I almost wish he had voted against it, just so add it to my list of complaints against that weasel.

(sniff, snifff)

Do you smell smoke?

Bravo! Next step – a full forensic audit of ACORN's financial statements.

The amazing thing is that there weren't more democrats voting against the amendment. There were 9 non-voting members of the Senate.

NAYs —7
Burris (D-IL)
Casey (D-PA)
Durbin (D-IL)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Leahy (D-VT)
Sanders (I-VT)
Whitehouse (D-RI)

Not Voting – 9
Burr (R-NC)
Byrd (D-WV)
Coburn (R-OK)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hutchison (R-TX)
McCain (R-AZ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Vitter (R-LA)

Here are the 7 idiots that voted against it!

Burris (D-IL), Casey (D-PA), Durbin (D-IL),Gillibrand (D-NY), Leahy (D-VT), Sanders (I-VT),Whitehouse (D-RI)

Excellent work!! This is what happens when the sleeping bear is awakened!

Major pwnage!!!! Can't wait for the sequel (cuz you know the MSM lost almost as much as ACORN did in this).

Long live the Revolution!

The amendment says:

None of the funds made available under this Act shall be distributed to–

(1) an organization which has a pending indictment for or has been convicted of a violation under Federal or State law relating to fraudulent voting in any Federal or State election; or

(2) an organization which employs an individual who has a pending indictment for or has been convicted of a violation under Federal or State law relating to fraudulent voting in any Federal or State election.

There is also another clause that specifically states ACORN or any of it's affiliates,

This Johanns amendment is also interesting . . . .

SA 2356. Mr. JOHANNS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3288, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

After section 414, insert the following:

Sec. 4__. None of the funds made available under this Act shall be distributed to–

(1) an organization which has a pending indictment for or has been convicted of a violation under Federal or State law relating to fraudulent voting in any Federal or State election; or

(2) an organization which employs an individual who has a pending indictment for or has been convicted of a violation under Federal or State law relating to fraudulent voting in any Federal or State election.

Yes! Let's get that stimulus money back! Great job, Hannah, James and Andrew!! You rock!

The attachment also only states ACORN not all affiliates connected to now or in the future.

THANK YOU JOHN AND HANNAH!! You guys are to thank for this, just think, you made history! Because of your videos, a law was passed within 5 days of your first video. How amazing is that?

I can't wait to see tomorrow's video, I know it's coming!

Viva la Revolution!
Che Guieverra and ol' Fidel Castro would be proud of US. Conservatives are finally learning to use this internet technology thingey to our advantage. At this speed, we'll be on twitter before the next election cycle. It is time to use THEIR playbook and give it to them. With both barrels………………

Want to feel good tomorrow..? SLAP A LIBERAL ! Watch them cry…..

This story has been well played and shows beautifully the absolute tanking of the Main Stream Media

Bravo!

WOW!! Look what can be done when like minds come together! I agree, we MUST be vigilant. They won't shut down quietly. But, with less money coming their way, they will be crippled.

Sweet! Very nicely done, one and all. I can't wait to see how this plays in the House.

Ever get the feeling that the lights are about to slam on in a room full of cockroaches?

GB said there's a new video coming out tomorrow and that "it will peel the skin off your face". !!

Definitely keep it up!! And, take a few moments to let these seven Obama/ACORN loyalists know just what you feel as well; You can find all their contact information listed, ready to go, here:

http://jacksonianlawyer.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/...

Again, outstanding!! Congrats Johanns, O'Keefe, Giles, Fox and all others who continue to keep this fire burning!

Wait a minute….didn't I read something somewhere recently that ACORN had changed it's legal name to something like Community Organization International? They'd better update their addendum. Include the name COI in the prohibition.

I don't trust our current government any further than I can throw them.

TheRightSide: They will scream RACIST and play the race card……………

…. or any of its various incarnations? : (

A few minutes ago one of the commenters here made a VERY SALIENT point about using the internet for "bonding" us in a common purpose. We are fast becoming attached here for love of country and real American principals. The Constitution is the glue (or should be) that factually binds us to one another. A simple point but VERY crucial to the mission…..which is….

2010 House cleaning…
2012 Presidential cleaning…

This tweet made my day: andylevySenate votes 83-7 on amendment to defund ACORN. Is @andrewbreitbart the new de facto head of the Republican party?

This is one vote on one amendment…When it gets through the House, and the Conference and the President signs it, I will believe it.

Glad for it, but let's not get all excited until it is law.

Stupid is as Stupid does!

AMEN!

Who says one (or two) people can't make a difference in this world?! Bravo to these two and those who supported them… I am seriously concerned for their safety, however….

I agree, and that was my first thought, too. But, people are watching, and following their trail. The sleeping giant is awake.

Thumbs up on that!

Much more needs to be done ACORN is funded by many part of Gov. we need to stop all funding to all of it's many divisions that are in darkness. we need to bring Truth about them to the light where the the TRUTH dwels

This is a different amendment — the one after the "ACORN" amendment. This may be an "insurance" amendment if ACORN decides to incarnate themselves into somthing else. I like it.

Defund and disband — we gotta "wise up and rise up".

Glenn Beck said on todays show, NEW ACORN VIDEO TOMORROW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Follow the BOUNCING Ball

Thank you to everyone involved in shedding light on ACORN's corruption. Hannah and James are superstars. And thank you Andrew Brietbart for both Big Hollywood and Big Government. You're making the Obama years a little more bearable.

Well, I certainly hope you're happy, Big Government. I got 8 Thai girls coming off a container ship next week. Now where the Hell am I supposed to put them? Thanks for screwing with my business model.

See that? That was me doing a jig.
Hey, you know what I mean!

My God- even *Franken* voted against ACORN??? (Or did he just not vote?)

"to cut the head off the snake"

More like the hydra, I'm afraid.

The important point is the demonstration that ACORN has *zero* cred on Capiol Hill now, even among Dems.

WCBS (CBS station in NYC) did put a story on their web site. But nation wide – yep, nothing

Would love to see the next video say
“oops, forgot about Philadelphia”

THANK GOD FOR ALL PARITES INVOLVED IN EXPOSING ACORN FOR WHAT IT REALLY IS. What spin will they put on this? It has got to catch up with them. Some one in the know told me ACORN plays rough. We'll see about that, but at least we have stopped the money flow. I think we all should write an email to the shams of Senators that voted again the bill. We must not let down!! Everyday brings more garbage and Beck says tomorrow will make us want to pull the skin off our faces. Hey, I wonder if Hannah and James might be about to find UBL???

Holy crap! Franken really did vote for it!

I expect that Coburn, Hutchinson, and Graham simply weren't there. Mikulski- probably really absent, too, or she would have voted nay, since she's one of ACORN's sugar-mammas.

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by JCBliss and Freedom Homes. Freedom Homes said: RT @JulietheArtist1: ACORN Defunded by Senate http://bit.ly/Xekyo [...]

“The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has repeatedly
and deliberately engaged in systemic fraud. Both structurally and operationally, ACORN
hides behind a paper wall of nonprofit corporate protections to conceal a criminal
conspiracy on the part of its directors, to launder federal money in order to pursue a
partisan political agenda and to manipulate the American electorate…….First, ACORN has evaded taxes, obstructed justice, engaged in self dealing, and aided and abetted a cover-up of embezzlement …..Second, ACORN has committed investment fraud, deprived the public of its right to honest services, and engaged in a racketeering enterprise affecting interstate
commerce…..Third, ACORN has committed a conspiracy to defraud the United States by using
taxpayer funds for partisan political activities…..Fourth, ACORN has submitted false filings to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Labor, in addition to violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)…Fifth, ACORN falsified and concealed facts concerning an illegal transaction between related parties in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)….”

Staff Report
U.S. House of Representatives
111th Congress
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
July 23, 2009

Per President Obama's Healthcare speech last week, “Well, the time for bickering is over. The time for games has passed. Now is the season for action.“ as well as his plan for paying by reducing the waste and inefficiency in Medicare and Medicaid.

Why dont we start by cutting all funds for organizations “engaged in systemic fraud”

Why are none of the “main street media” not covering this or the ACORN videos? Why has Congress and the Senate not acted on this? Please write your Congressman and Senator as well as get the word out demanding answers for why they are still receiving money.

Also, per an administration spokesman regarding President Obamas Speech to Students, "The goal of the speech and the lesson plans is to challenge students to work hard, stay in school and dramatically reduce the dropout rate. This isn't a policy speech. It's a speech designed to encourage kids to stay in school."

http://www.ed.gov/teachers/how/lessons/prek-6.pdf

Really? I wrote my representatives how this question is not a political question (granted they stated not policy but was a MAJOR concern from the parents that ACTUALLY read the Lesson Plans,

“Why is it important that we listen to the president and other elected officials, like the mayor, senators, members of congress, or the governor? Why is what they say important? “

I will answer it, because it is up to us to make sure they are doing their job! If our Congressmen/women as well as Senators continue to give money to organizations that the House of Representatives KNOWS is engaged in systemic fraud, evaded taxes, cover-up embezzlement, committed conspiracy to defraud, racketeering, submitting false fillings to the IRS, and so forth, need to be VOTED OUT ON THE NEXT ELECTION!

http://republicans.oversight.house.gov/media/pdfs...

O'Keefe and Giles are my heroes!
Everything I'm seeing today is reminding me of Woodward and Bernstein.

My hat is off to them both.

The MSM is becoming increasingly irrelevant; they can no longer disappear news stories like MinTruth. Van Jones, the NEA, John Edwards, ACORN: all stories the MSM tried to bury….. until a head rolled. The Internet may save this country yet.

IF it could pass the House, Obama could not veto it. Well, he could. But it'd be committing political suicide. He'd become a lame duck before the ink was dry.

[...] UPDATE II: Which 7 Senators voted in favor of ACORN? Big Government has the answer. [...]

NICE MR. BREIBART!!!! VERY NICE!!!!! LET'S PRAY IT STICKS AND THEY DON'T WORM THEIR WAY AROUND IT!!!! BEEN HERE A WEEK AND YOU'VE ALREADY DONE MORE GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY THAN THE ENTIRE CAREERS OF PELOSI / KENNEDY / SCHUMER / DODD / WAXMAN / WATERS / FRANK / MURTHA / DURBIN
COMBINED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NICE!!!!! KEEP IT UP FOLKS THIS IS THE TIP OF THE CONSERVATIVE SPEAR IN ASCENDENCY!!!!!! SWEET SHIZZLE, BREIBART, SWEET SHIZZLE!

Awesome! If not already said, we need to stop the other grants they are applying for in different departments of the government.

OK, Politicians is the correct way to spell it,,,,sorry

And I'll help James and Hannah in a heartbeat. I have concealed carry permits in 31 states. For the Liberal statists, this means I'm throughly vetted, responsible and not a communist…….if only the obama white house (no caps is intentional) was as thorough vetting their appointments

I guess Pelosi drained the wrong swamp.

Hello Sir, I asked a question on page 5 of this blog. Can you help shine some light on this? Somehow I know you can. Thank you for your being the patriot you are.

I'd love to hear his flawed reasoning. But yeah, he probably won't answer except for their standard clap-trap reply of "Thank you for contacting us. Your thoughts are important to us." Blah, blah, blah.

So it's safe to assume that those seven approve of underage prostitution, no??

One small victory thanks to Breibart, O'Keefe, and Giles.
Now lets just look at this as a baby step to cleaning up the corruption.
Don't let up people. Keep your list of who is naughty and who is nice.
Throw the bums out.
Do not let up the pressure.
The sneaky SOB's don't change overnight.
And hey Pelosi – where ya' hiding honey?

Thank you, Mr. Breitbart, for the part you played in exposing ACORN's corruption. Your websites have helped to keep optimism alive in this cultural and moral war going on in our country.

Interesting… Look here: Did Not Vote – Mikulski (D-MD)

http://patriotroom.com/article/lest-we-forget-bar...

"Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland), long a friend of ACORN, objected. She made a motion to kill Vitter's amendment, saying "I think this is an amendment that has no purpose and [sic] has Draconian consequences if passed." Senators agreed, voting 53 to 43 to kill the amendment. The only Democratic senators to vote with Vitter were Robert Byrd of West Virginia and Ben Nelson of Nebraska."

…probably just a coincidence.

NO….they wil now be watched 24/7 by somebody….the JIG is up…

Maybe we can borrow some airplanes from the Nicaragua supreme court and army to get these OBAMA Thugs out of the Country…sounds to me not a cooooooooooooooo

There is also the deafening silence of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. And Jeremiah Wright… We know they're all up to something right now.. but what is it?

and don't think it wil be Republicans elected………we need a clean slate

Now that their funding has been yanked, just how are they going to afford lawyers to sue James, Hannah and Fox ?? The next few days ought to get real interesting !!

kay,I guess I need to retract my thank you to Vitter. What's up with that ? And McCain??????

Two young and Constitutionally devoted Americans did what our elected and totally corrupt "Sinators" and "Reprehensibles" have failed to do to protect our inalienable rights. And they did it in ONE WEEK. (the exposure). Is further clarification needed ? The battle has begun… Stay focused…..

O'Keefe and Giles America's new Journalists, godspeed and keep up the great work.

"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have." – Thomas Jefferson

Wow. Franken did the right thing. Think he's scared??

I just read the article posted on NPR about this…Wow. Are liberals really so blind about this? Do they REALLY believe this is fabricated or are they just not wanting to admit they were wrong about this organization? How can the media slant this to make the "conservative right-wing filmmakers" out to be the bad guy here? How has the media become so corrupt?

Why didn't McPain vote?????

Gillibrand is one of my senators… she was the one just appointed by gov. Paterson.. who has Jeff Jones (founding member of Weather Underground domestic terrorist group) advising him on how to spend stimulus money…

Anywho… Senator Gillibrand will be getting a call from me tomorrow, and i won't stop calling until i get an explanation as to why she voted no.

I'll also be demanding an answer as to why she voted to confirm Cass Sunstein

Where is the list of these other organization….make it public and let the american public tar and feather them

The battle is joined, no let up

Obama=Acorn, time to get cut off the head of this rotten Democratic fish.

My main question right now, is when are any main stream media outlets going to get off then bench, in the game and start giving this scandal some air time. Right now, unless a viewer tunes into Fox News, they will not know much about this. This seems much bigger than the other media outlets give it credit for. One possibility is they are actually cowed by the threats of legal action from ACORN. This Democrat led thuggery should not be allowed to stand.

I've looked at a lot of the comments so far, and many of you are nailing this right on the money! We clearly have 7 senators on record who want to ignore the corruption of ACORN! Not only are these 7 completely nuts, they deserve to have every voter in their respective states working hard to have them tossed out of office at their next election.

I want to hear why they voted no, it may be just as, if not more, entertaining that Bertha Lewis' press release.

AWESOME

Breitbart, Fox, Townhall, Newsbusters, Gateway Pundit, Hot Air, and of course Drudge. Patronize these sites, this is the new "main stream media". This country is largely conservative, and made a huge mistake on 11/4/08. We now realize what a huge mistake it was.
We have 3 more years of this nonsense, then REAL conservatives will have our chance. KEEP UP THE PRESSURE, I hope I saw you all on Saturday in DC, if not, see ya next time

No Mellyn66, simply shrewd. First, please note the word "grant" in the amendment to the bill. "Grant" is not stimulus money. Second, there is no mention of funding other organizations that funnel money to ACORN. This is a Trojan Horse.

[...] BREAKING: Senate Votes to Defund ACORN Housing [...]

The vote on the amendment was the only vote cast today in the Senate so it's hard to tell who or who wasn't "in town". But usually if they don't vote it's because they weren't in the area — out of town. This amendment was one that came up on very short notice so it's possible various Senators were out of town with the belief that there weren't going to be any votes taken.

We all need to call our Senators and Representatives to make sure that this amendment sticks in Conference… as the House and Senate versions of the financing bills are different. If not… all this is for not…. time to crank up the capitol phone lines;
US Senate: (202) 224-3121.
US HOR: (202) 225-1904
White House: (202) 456-1414.

Thank you for your service!

“Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” – Ronald Reagan

Just remember who the "Community Organizer" was who learned his craft working for Acorn.

Other than those two, did you notice any other correlations, like nothing West of, or south of PA.

Still nothing on CNN, nothing on Telegraph.UK(which reported on the Washington march), but Reuters and the AP are carrying stories. Also, nothing on Google News that I could find…Go figure! I can't believe how much BIGGOVERNMENT.com,(along with Fox and Glenn Beck) have accomplished in such a short time. It's a shame that we didn't have y'all last year…. Who knows what kind of difference it could have made…Keep it up! This is Great!

It's fine to ban funds specifically to ACORN, but what about the other 285 corporate names they operate under, all headquartered in the same funeral home in New Orleans. Let's see to which shill company the House redirects the suspended ACORN funds. The same scheme will certainly hold true for the 2010 census contracts. What do you think ACORN set up all these shell companies for anyway? Maybe we are not all as stupid as they think we are. What do you bet the ACORN funding reassignment bills are recorded on a voice vote rather than a roll call!

This is only a start.

EVERYONE IN THE U. S. needs to know…. Something happened… H.R. 1388 was passed behind our backs. You may want to read about it.. It wasn' t mentioned on the news. Obama funds $20M in tax payer dollars to immigrate Hamas Refugees to the USA. This is the news that didn't ' t make the headlines… By executive order, President Barack Obama has ordered the expenditure of $20.3 million in "migration assistance" to the Palestinian refugees and "conflict victims" in Gaza . The "presidential determination", which allows hundreds of thousands of Palestinians with ties to Hamas to resettle in the United States was signed on January 27 and appeared in the Federal Register on February 4. the order provides a free ticket replete with housing and food allowances to individuals who have displayed their overwhelming support to the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the parliamentary election of January 2006. To verify this for yourself:http://www.thefederalregister.com/d.p/2009-02-04-E9-2488 <http://www.thefederalregister.com/d.p/2009-02-04-... PLEASE PASS THIS ON… AMERICA NEEDS TO KNOW WE are losing this country at a rapid pace.

This is a good first step but there still is a ways to go. People on our side who “really” want to investigate and stop ACORN need to realize how big of a shell game they have going. They need to investigate from the bottom up AND the top down, AT THE SAME TIME!

Read this, call your congressman/senators and the Brooklyn DA. Urge them to go at this carefully but COMPLETELY. Do this right and use ALL available resources.

http://republicans.oversight.house.gov/media/pdfs/20090723ACORNReport.pdf

Send this document to anyone you can.

Like Beck said, Nothing in our out of Washington…. shut the District of Columbia down

EVERYONE IN THE U. S. needs to know…. Something happened… H.R. 1388 was passed yesterday, behind our backs. You may want to read about it.. It wasn' t mentioned on the news. Obama funds $20M in tax payer dollars to immigrate Hamas Refugees to the USA. This is the news that didn't ' t make the headlines… By executive order, President Barack Obama has ordered the expenditure of $20.3 million in "migration assistance" to the Palestinian refugees and "conflict victims" in Gaza . The "presidential determination", which allows hundreds of thousands of Palestinians with ties to Hamas to resettle in the United States was signed on January 27 and appeared in the Federal Register on February 4. he is allowing hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refuges to move to, and live in, the US at American taxpayer expense. To verify this for yourself:http://www.thefederalregister.com/d.p/2009-02-04-E9-2488 <http://www.thefederalregister.com/d.p/2009-02-04-... PLEASE PASS THIS ON… AMERICA NEEDS TO KNOW WE are losing this country at a rapid pace.

Notasheeple: Ok, I'll hire Van Jones, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, John Conyers and Charles Rabgle for my Board of Directors…….

Man, I hate being from Illinois…

here's Wade Rathke's comment:
"Of course it is a well settled question that has been elaborately documented that ACORN gets no federal money, but hey from the crowd talking about death panels all the time, we can’t expect accuracy, can we?"

I love how they're saying it "doesn't matter" – of course not, they still have politicians lining their pockets, and Unions to fill the coffers!! Who needs Congress?!?

haaahhhaaaahhhhaaaaa,,,, yes unreal………..Unions just pass the money around

Thank God someone finally grew some B—- in Washington! Must have noticed that handful of people milling around the Capitol on Saturday.

As GB said, the virus will grow if left unchecked. Or put another way, the little ACORN could have grown into a Oak Tree. Thankfully, people are breaking out the “Roundup” and putting an end the “weeds”.

To expand on his idea of 56 honest leaders, if everyone who participated in Saturdays march and all of us who were there in spirit would band together by Voting District, we could change things very quickly. We could determine who is with us and who’s agin’ us. From there we could vet the possible replacements, so we don’t jump out of the fryin’ pan and into the fire. Anybody with me?

Just MHO

Agree, just when I think our young are wasted, out comes some true patriots. If only MSM would try it, think of the ratings they'd get.

Oh Mr Sanders of Vermont is an open Socialist so that one doesn't shock me
Let's research all the others campaign monies

The tea party organizers said to band together, start with local elections and work you way up. We have to do it fast.

Don't forget the cowards that voted "present"

9 lame Sens who sat out ACORN vote: Burr Byrd Coburn Graham Gregg Hutchison McCain Mikulski Vitter

michelle malkin is my hero!! she was on top of this vote through twitter.

Sorry if this is mentioned already I didn't have time to read all the comments, but I noticed that he also must have filed this (notice the difference "SA 2356" not "2355":

SA 2356. Mr. JOHANNS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3288, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

After section 414, insert the following:

Sec. 4__. None of the funds made available under this Act shall be distributed to–

(1) an organization which has a pending indictment for or has been convicted of a violation under Federal or State law relating to fraudulent voting in any Federal or State election; or

(2) an organization which employs an individual who has a pending indictment for or has been convicted of a violation under Federal or State law relating to fraudulent voting in any Federal or State election.

Casey? Isn't he supposed to be a "moderate" Democrat?

James O' Keefe, Hannah Giles, Andrew Breitbart and Glenn Beck. My hat is off to you. I would have never imagined something like this to occur in this political environment of no accountability thuggery.

Salute!

Can't wait till the next video Premieres in the AM.
It will be like CHRISTMAS Morning

Now we see the names of those 7 senators who voted in favor of ACORN ! The 2 Illinois senators – Durbin & Burris who are named among the 7 were voting in favor of ACORN as a favor to Obama.

Stabenow originally voted Nay, but changed her vote when the landslide was obvious (congresscritters pull this stunt all the time).

Apollo Alliance, another corrupt organization, with Van Jones, that wrote the $787 Billion Stimulus Bill needs to be looked into next. Calling all investigative journalists!!

Also, David Horowitz, ex-left wing radical writes that Obama is the radical left's Manchurian Candidate article.
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/horowitz_obama...

But 83-7 is only 90 votes. I can't imagine Stewart Smalley voting against the crooks that got him elected.

Casey is an embarrassment to Pennsylvania and doesn't represent the views of the majority of people living here. 2012 can't come soon enough!

Could not have said it better.

[...] Reported by biggovernment.com [...]

All that money that has been given out to Acorn will never be returned,, but even if the money were given back, it would all be spent again by our government. Remember, this administration is hell bent on spending into the oblivion! It's "CHANGE" we can believe in!

I think we all know they are one in the same.

ANYONE FROM THESE STATES —- I THINK YOU BETTER MAKE YOUR VOTE COUUNT IN 2010
Burris (D-IL)
Casey (D-PA)
Durbin (D-IL) Gillibrand (D-NY)
Leahy (D-VT)
Sanders (I-VT) Whitehouse (D-RI)

THEY ARE OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! REMEMBER CRROKS HELP CROOKS!!!!! LETS LOOK INTO THEIR HISTORY!!

ACORN and its numerous dirtbag parasites have been planning for years…..enjoy the victory, redouble the effort and continue the fight.

Why did 8 Republicans including McCain not vote? Maybe this tells us who our Rinos are?
McCain, Vitter, Burr, Coburn, Hutchison, Mikulski, Graham and Gregg

Only the hugest partisan hack or pedophile could vote against defunding Acorn. So, what is it Dick Durbin, hack or kiddie fiddler?

Hey.. at this pint I am just shocked our 'representatives' even had a clue . Its a start., I 'll take it.

Well, looks like Gilibrand is getting a call from me. I actually thought she was a somewhat bold appointee for the utterly inept Gov. Paterson to pick, but she has so far completely disappointed me. This vote is beyond the pale, I will be sure to let her know these feelings tomorrow and that I hope she hasn't moved too much to D.C. yet.

Well, looks like Gilibrand is getting a call from me. I actually thought she was a somewhat bold appointee for the utterly inept Gov. Paterson to pick, but she has so far completely disappointed me. This vote is beyond the pale, I will be sure to let her know these feelings tomorrow and that I hope she hasn't moved too much to D.C. yet.

Edit: Just looking through the rest of the list, I see the two trusty Senators from the great state of Illinois also voted nay. lol

I am not suprised about little Bobby Casey his acorn buddies and Soros Move-on.com helped edge out a great senator Rick Santorum. Pay back I hope everybody in Pa remembers this 2010 against Murtha and vote for Russell this time.

Don't forget about Community Organizers International (aka Acorn International) run by Rathke, the founder and chief of Acorn, till he resigned last year after his brother was indicted for defrauding the US of over $1 million – this is a hydra, with many heads that will have to be cutoff one by one.

These people are truly pieces of trash, they would vote to protect the devil herself if she helped put and keep corrupt democrats in office.

Disgusting garbage.

For all of you who thinks this is funny and like the fact that the funds were stopped for ACORN or their sister organization is crazy. What about the millions of Americans that will suffer without the help from the counseling. It is bad enough that the mortgage companies are not doing their jobs. This counseling agency has helped me purchased and save my home. It appears that most of you do not know that ACORN and ACORN Housing is Not one in the same organization. One is a 501 (c) 3 and the other is NOT. Know and understand your history before you make a fool of yourself. Several BAD APPLES DO NOT SPEAK for the entire organization.

My questions to all of the people that ACORN Housing has helped. Were are you? Why is it that this organization was good enough for you to TURN TOO, when you wanted to purchase a home, SAVE your home, and now you WILL NOT speak out against what is happening. You are right…. We are in America….. Only here is where we STAND up for a bunch of BULL—– and HIDE when our fellow man, women (in this case — organization) needs us to SPEAK OUT.

CALL YOUR LOCAL CONGRESS AND SPEAK OUT FOR THE HELP THAT ACORN HOUSING HAS PROVIDED TO YOU….. FOR FREE.

PAY ATTENTION PEOPLE!! MUCH MAY BE NEEDED OF US ALL.

Louisiana's Attn Gen announced an investigation of ACORN 2 months ago (La. is where CITIZENS CONSULTING and ACORN are incorporated).
The investigation is going well. How do I know this? He's still alive.

FOR FREE ? Hell you are the problem !!! It wasn't free !!! I paid for it !!! Me and all the other people that get up everyday and go to WORK !!! This is what everybody on here is talking about , this country wasn't founded by people that laid around and did nothing !!!
GET A JOB BREEZE !!!

No doubt what Mr O'Keefe and Ms Giles did was galactical and WILL be in the history books for bane or glory.
But, to keep focus, no law has been passed. Only an amendment to a House bill was voted on and passed in one chamber. Much more work to be done.

Got to keep the pressure on!

. . . Without the Assistance of the Maim Stream Media,

or federal funding /snark

LoL! Good one.

This Just In: NOTHING

Is this that greasy Scott critter?

ACORN is a cancer and this is just the beginning. Defunding these things are great and taking them out of the census is superb but RICO may be the only way to get to close to the bottom of this mess.

These seven people are your enemies America, if they get re-elected its your fault. There is absolutely no reason for this community organization to receive YOUR TAX DOLLARS. And as Mr. Breitbart indicated tonight on Hannity and Im sure his inference coincides with Becks announcement of more video footage to come Tuesday that will "melt your face" there is zero reason to justify voting "nay". Its inexcusable they should be removed from office.

The seven “NAYs”:
Burris (D-IL)
Casey (D-PA)
Durbin (D-IL)Gillibrand (D-NY)
Leahy (D-VT)
Sanders (I-VT)Whitehouse (D-RI)
*****
Time is coming to deal with corrupt politicians, bias media and special interest groups in savingtherepublic.com

Big Government and Glenn Beck have succeeded where all the other talkers and bloggers have failed. Such jounalistic activism has never been so effective as this assault upon Prez Zero’s alma mater . . . with Van Jones tossed under the bus at the same time.

Unfortunately, Mr Jones and the criminal organization known as ACORN continue unprosecuted as did Reverend Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers. The battle is won, but the war goes on.

to all take note of the 7 nays remember in 2010 we need to clean house

This is just brilliant.

Bravo.

WTF? McLame votes “PRESENT” Seriously??? This to me is a blazing Red Alert !!! The only possible way I could stomach voting for this ….$@#& was because SARAH PALIN was on the ticket. Then after the election his people rake her over the coals. This election was rigged. I truly believe this now ! ACORN is only the beginning – it’s on. Let us all keep digging.

This vote with this was waaaaaay too fast – what are they hiding – what else is going on ? This is too good too be true?
I applaud Breitbart and hannah and o keefe – but something about this ?????? Was this the pass to give them the votes for healthcare? The house has to pass this – and President head ACORN has to sign it – will this bill look the same ???
I am stunned Mr. shamnesty – For shame Mr. McLame for shame.

Jules
You are right, thanks for the reminder.

his bill is worthless posturing because ACORN has already changed its name!!! ACORN does not exist, so defunding it does NOTHING.

Does anyone really believe the Dems would defund the group founded by Dear Leader, the very group that helps keep them in office?

Whenever our government appears to make a good decision, you know they're lying to us.

Me, three. Durbin is complete sh*t. Burris is just an old party apparatchik. I hate Illinois politics and politicians. Cut off Nothern Illinois at Rt 64 and we crackers down here will just secede for the glorious state of Southern Illinois.

OK, yeah, yeah, yeah, I was born and raised in Chicago. It still sucks sewer water.

try again: McCain is an idiot. A senile old fool. If he had any honor, he would not have reseated himself in the Senate after he lost the election. I agree with you also about McCains people turning on Palin. professional political hacks eat their own. It is systemic in both parties………

Yeah, don't forget Pa has a large black population in Philadelphia so I am not surprised.

More like ::Giles… Pure hotness!!!

Ha, Ha, Benedict McCain it figures.

Do you know the Teacher's Union also gave Acorn money over a million dollars. I would be getting that back also.

Great start, but this is only one of many tax dollar teats ACORN is sucking. The only way to be sure to stop them is to prosecute them before they divide and multiply.

I agree. Everything about this smells rotten. What about that other criminal entity SEIU?

Yes I am doing the happy dance. The walls are coming down good job and thank you!!
Thank you America for waking up! It wasn't even a month ago that most felt it was hopeless but none have given up and in just the last week we have seen "YES WE CAN"
WOOHOO we have lots more work to do we can't take our eyes off these scoundrels for one minute that includes the RNC. They should have not let the first penny go to this group!
Hannah and James you are the future of America keep up the good work!!!
LET FREEDOM RING!
Liberty and Justice for ALL!

I looked into it and we were right:
The House Of Representatives controls the money. The Senate can't de-fund anything unless Senate legislation calls for an immediate stoppage of ALL FUNDS ALREADY SET ASIDE. Put it this way……. The Senate just ran up a huge publicity stunt…… But at least we know of 7 Senators who willingly support child prostitution, along with defrauding the federal government and you.

[b]b.[/b] ACORN hasn't existed as a corporation since June….. It's called Community Organizations International and there are over 300 different corporation names active and set up by The Rathke brothers and their associates.

Some may say this is 'throwing the baby out with the bath water'. Well… goodbye, Damien!

The two in Ill voted no. what an unbelievable "shock"….

Sadly, just as ACORN is willing to throw their 'few, isolated bad eggs' under the bus, Obama would likewise not hesitate to throw ACORN under the bus… for the 'cause'.

These people and groups don't go away, they take to ground and rename themselves. Where are the Weather Underground or Students for a Democratic Society?? Long gone?? Hehe… not by a long shot.

Next week, while we're all looking at Cass Sunstein or John Holdren or SEIU, ACORN will be coming to a town near you, with a new name, funded by Soros, et.al. This was just an attempt to get MORE money from the TAXPAYER. They just got caught this time.

OK,so NOW it's time to call your Congressman and let them know how you feel. ACORN may be about "Community Organizing" but ,now, WE are a " community organizing". We need to band together and work to get corruption out of government. Look at what a few people have accomplished in a few days. Just think of what MILLIONS of people can accomplish. One of the reasons Obama was so effective was because of his Internet campaign.Food for thought for 2010 and beyond.

I don't think so. On Glenn Beck today, Andrew Breitbart indicated tomorrow was going to be very big!!!

Well… what I said would be big, right? lol Exposing SEIU as the union that represents all those vagabonds, so they could get credit union loans (funded by US, of course).

If I remember correctly, Glenn said the news 'would make your face melt off'. I'm almost afraid to watch. And, you know what's REALLY funny?? 3 months ago, Glenn Beck was being portrayed as 'howling mad'. Now, he's been 'exposed' as the only sane person willing to say, "The Emperor has no clothes". If Glenn is crazy, then I'm beyond a straight jacket. I'm about ready for a lobotomy!

love that RACIST who keeps giving all these glorious posts the thumbs down
He?SHE?IT IS A RACIST

Speaking of movies… it would be interesting to know where all of Hollywood's A-listers stand…. We could boycott those who are Obama supporters, and I'm sure there are "tens of thousands" haha! With the numbers we showed in DC on Saturday, we could REALLY make a huge statement when movie ticket sales and DVD sales, etc. take a nosedive. Hit the rich Liberal VOTERS in their own pocketbooks!

You won't see opinions like this on the gov't controlled media networks

9/12 Rep. King discusses ACORN on FOXNEWS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTjIIJHD2Fw

9/14 King discusses ACORN, Joe Wilson on FOXNEWS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3roQFWnbN4

Time for corrupt politicians, bias media and special interest groups to get a dose of their own medicine… a "lethal" dose in savingtherepublic.com

and now watch as the MSM breaks the story of 2 college journalists video taping ACORN. as if anyone cared what they report. Hannah and James, you have done what so many of us cant. you have the backing of the real american people. you have showed us all how the corruption can be cured. Its hard for me to sleep knowing there is even more of these videos about to come out. god bless you and Andrew for the hope you have given us on taking our country back.

Thank You Senator Johanns. But, this is just 1 out of 12 appropriations bills and only names ACORN. There is still alot of work to do to stop them from recieving any tax payers monies under any of their 200 affiliates in any of the bills. Those of you from IL, PA, NY, RI, VT need to be asking questions today of your elected officals.

Our two Illinois senators didn't have the brains or balls to vote to defund ACORN, Burris and Durbin. Burris is on his way to the door, but Durbin doesn't face re-election until 2014, but hope he gets a lot of flack for his stupid act.

ACORN wants another $6 million despite scandals
By: Kevin Mooney
Commentary Staff Writer
09/14/09 1:51 PM EDT
An ACORN affiliate has just submitted applications for over $6 million in government funding, despite the controversial videos of the organization’s workers aiding a child prostitution “promoter.”

Employees with the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN) in Washington D.C., Baltimore and Brooklyn told uncover investigators posing as a pimp and a prostitute how they could circumvent the law. ACORN has already fired four of the workers. But it claims the tapes have been “doctored” and “edited.”

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/b...

Oh, the gall of these rotten &#!*@% !!

[...] bill passed in the Senate yesterday to defund ACORN Housing is a beginning. ACORN Housing is the taxpayer funding spigot for CCI(this is the entity of ACORN [...]

Keep up the great work. Hannah and James, we love you!

Oh what a surprise ….. two nays from Illinois !!

This is wonderful news! Finally some heads are turning and one day, some heads are gonna roll! Thank you to all those involved. YOU ARE TRUE AMERICANS. Keep up the great work you have done. If ever you need some to stand beside you, just give us a shout and we'll be there lickity split, as we are now!!!!!!!!

Acorn is (was? I hope it WAS) in line to 8 BILLION dollars of our money. I am holding my fingers crossed it will be TOTALLY defunded and destroyed.

The Johanns Amendment # 2355 to H.R. 3288 passed by a margin of 83 to 7. **UPDATE** View complete Senate vote here. The seven “NAYs”:

Burris (D-IL) Casey (D-PA) Durbin (D-IL) Gillibrand (D-NY)Leahy (D-VT) Sanders (I-VT) Whitehouse (D-RI)

A logical inference can be drawn from this vote: 1) These CongressMembers are Ignorant 2) These CongressMembers Have No Ethics, Morals, or Basis Whatsoever In Upholding The Law or RIGHT from WRONG.
3) These CongressMembers ALL NEED TO BE VOTED OUT OF OFFICE WHEN THEIR TERM FOR RE-ELECTION COMES UP. What purpose do they serve; Other than to sit on their butt and draw a big check with full benefits, at our(taxpayer) expense. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH AMERICA. The ACORN doesn't fall far from the tree..

Howdy Jeremy (and please, call me Scott…I feel truckloads of guilt when I say "Howdy Jeremy" after you address me so formally),

I am still reading through the scores of stories and posts on this subject, as I'm sure you are too. One point to keep in mind is that, however many marched, according to the MSM, they're pretty much ALL racists…heh!

Have a good one, Jeremy, and keep up the good fight!

(And it was a long day for me too. I was particularly warn out by my Raiders' horrible last-minute loss last night. I hope that all is well in your world!)

Burris(Blago's appointment) and Durbin have their heads so far up O'Bama's you know what. It figures. I'm from Illinois and feel so unrepresented! Follow the money and power train.

[...] had planned to use Acorn to “help” with the census.)  Yesterday, September 14, the Senate passed 83-7 the Johanns Amendment to block federal housing funding for Acorn.  ( Of course Durbin and Burris, [...]

For free? It seems you missed economics in school, or sitting at your mother's knee and learning the adage… there is no such thing as a free lunch.

What you TAKE for free… cost someone else something.

It is this presumption on the grace of your fellow Americans that is the problem…

What ACORN provides is not social justice, nor is it free. You will have to pay for it, through taxes now, and BY YOUR FREDOM TOMORROW!

[...] 15, 2009 · 2 Comments Senate Votes To Defund ACORN Housing at Big Government.  Senate vote [...]

Your brother sounds like a fine man of exceptional intelligence and taste!

Hang in there with those Lions…the rookie QB looks promising, at least.

You're right on the UK media reports. It sure seems like we're at least talkin' hundreds of thousands, though a super-accurate count may be impossible.

Good luck in week two of the NFL season!

Have a good one, Jeremy!

Anyone catch Fox's Griff Jenkins trying to elict a comment from Burris on his vote to continue funding ACORN? Burris was walking so fast it appeared as if he were trying to outwalk a burning trail of gunpowder. Those comments that Burris did offer were along the lines of "I voted to support ACORN," "I support ACORN," and then ended with "You gotta problem" – directed towards Griff Jenkins.

Yes Senator…obviously, it is WE who have the problem. Sure.

[...] week, the United States Senate delivered a very public rebuke of ACORN. 83 Senators went on record to say that ACORN should be prohibited [...]

When will the media or other highpollutant folks begin their criticism of Barrack's dealings with this corrupt organization?? Are they ever going to go after their vote fraud allegations or are they for sure going to be swept under the radar screen as we have seen for the most part up till now? At least they are off the census doles!!!!!! Yes, again for America;

[...] Pelosi was apparently unaware of what’s been going on with ACORN, even though the Senate passed a measure to defund it days before she was confronted. DO YOU NOT HAVE A CELL PHONE, THE INTERNET, INTERNS, A [...]

[...] It seems for the first time in my life people who agree with my broad point of view are using the media to tell their truths, to go on the offensive, to act as checks and balances against entrenched media power. And to have a major effect. [...]

Hope and Change Baby! Hope and Change!
Congratulations James, Hannah and Sen Johanns!