Boehner: ACORN Funding Must Be ‘Terminated Immediately’
by PubliusFrom GOP Leader:
Today House Republicans, led by Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH), are sending the following letter to President Obama asking him to use his authority to end all funding to and break all government ties with ACORN:
Dear Mr. President:
We write to you today in the wake of new reports of potentially criminal activity involving associates of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) to respectfully request that you use your authority to publicly disclose and terminate all federal funding to ACORN and its affiliates. It is evident that ACORN is incapable of using federal funds in a manner that is consistent with the law. Immediate action is necessary to ensure that no additional tax dollars are directed to ACORN. Simply put, ACORN should not receive another penny of American taxpayers’ money.
Congressional pressure, coupled with the impact of recent media reports, prompted the U.S. Census Bureau on September 11 to end its partnership with ACORN. We support this decision by the Census Bureau, and believe it is vital that all other federal agencies with ties to ACORN follow the Census Bureau’s example by severing all ties to ACORN and its affiliates, whether those ties consist of partnerships or the awarding of federal funds, including federal funds distributed through state and local governments from federal block grants.
This is a matter of common sense and respect for taxpayer dollars. Last year, millions of Americans were outraged to learn their tax dollars were being used to subsidize an organization linked to multiple instances of voter registration fraud and other illicit activity. An analysis of federal data by the Office of the Republican Leader 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.
The Census Bureau has made the commendable decision to sever ties with ACORN, and it is now critical that all remaining federal entities with ties to ACORN do the same. We ask that you use your authority to ensure that all federal funding of ACORN is publicly disclosed and terminated immediately. To facilitate this effort, the Republican staff of the Oversight Committee has compiled a complete list of the corporations that form the ACORN Council, and we would be pleased to share it with you and members of your administration.
We thank you for your attention to this request.
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This will be an interesting response from the President.
now they can't say "what story? acorn? i don't know what you're talking about." as if we believed them anyway…
Barry is crapping his pants. He just gave a speech to the AFL-CIO and was sweating while looking like he had 'something' on his mind. LOL! Couldn't happen to a nicer Marxist…
IF he bothers to respond.
ACORN Haiku Thread
Don't be Honest, Honey
Gotta Hide Yo Money
In a Tin
ACORN Haiku Thread
Don't be Honest, Honey
Gotta Hide Your Money
In a Tin
Has Obama made any statements about ACORN yet? Has the MSM been asking him to? I can't see this playing out the same way if Obama were a Republican.
Obama is not likely to personally respond to this at all.
Obama will avoid it.
Barack Hussein Obama – SHAM! WOW!
THAT is hilarious!
At least he will learn about ACORN. He watches ABC News and read NY Times so he probably has not yet been made aware. GIBSON RESIGNS FROM ABC NEWS!
Charles Gibson…what's ACORN?
I agree that it will be an interesting response, but I'm wondering if he will even respond.
He has not said anything about the videos, yet, afterall.
I'm beginning to wonder if there is more here than we even have a clue, and that it could bring down his Presidency in the end, ala Nixon.
And don't tell me no-one else has had the same thought.
Just sayin' is all.
And no, if that happens, it should not please anyone at all.
It would damage our country, but we are strong enough to recover, and move forward.
"It is evident that ACORN is incapable of using federal funds in a manner that is consistent with the law."
That is a nice line to draw in the sand. Pres. Obama, you're either with ACORN (an organization of very questionable ethics) or your with everyone else. Nice!
Keep the lights shining Big Government. Just like the roaches they are they will scramble when the lights are on. Make sure they don’t re-form under an alias because just like the vermin they are if they are driven out of one house we’ve got to fumigate the houses next door. Keep an eye on where the roaches go to next and get out the can of RAID!
Obama and Democrats only respond to news. ACORN scandal is not news since it has not been reported on ABC News yet!
Yes, they can. These people revel in lies and abhor the truth.
There will be no response. Obama ignores what he doesn't want to hear. He is like a freight train ramming its way down a track which leads to a mountain canyon. He has to be stopped.
Obongo is sweating on the tube right now giving a speech in Pittcburgh. Gotta pander to the Union whores…….
Its pretty near freaking time. I don't care what a persons motivations maybe to help do away witrh the coward of the country. Don't care if its cause he is black, makes no matter. the point is we as a group must rid ourselves of a plaguge.
Remove obama at any and all costs.
Either way, Pres. Obama will be sending a message…his silence will not go unnoticed.
If it wasn't so serious
This thing is seriously spiraling out of control…ObaMao better get something out there before the wave swallows him…
Congress leaned out the window on 9/12/09, and got their mind SERIOUSLY focused…
We'll see if they can get it together…I think they're way too far behind to control it, myself…
Obambi:
"Damn…this is NOT the way I trained those people…can't they remember anything I taught them…jackasses geez"
Not Over.
Let's see if Obama treats ACORN like every other piece of information that shows the depth of his depravity and corruption: IGNORING IT. http://www.irritating.me
Keep cracking the nuts
Democrats depend on them
To steal elections
Boycott these Hollywood celebrities!! Refuse to buy movie tickets, DVDs, etc. Together we can make a statement by hitting them where it hurts most — in their own pocketbooks!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/19/celebrit...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51kAw4OTlA0
Maybe he wants to wait and see what Acorn has on him first? If he keeps supporting them, they'll keep their collective mouths shut. It's only a matter of time Mr. Prez.
I hear Glenn will have information of something much worse tonight. Did anyone hear anything about discussions of murder in tape #4?
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Our President is DIRTY. He's been up to his elbows with this organization, working with them, advising them and representing them legally. He's a community organizer, this is what he's been doing all these years.
I'll bet when the investigation begins on ACORN, it all leads back to him.
I predict that when the dust settles on all this corruption, O'bama will be forced resign or be impeached !!
Oustanding! Once again, I cannot commend all t hose involved in exerting well-deserved scrutiny on the criminal enterprise called ACORN. We must not relent! Also, the Brooklyn DA appears to be investigating ACORN as well:
http://jacksonianlawyer.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/...
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Will the media get involved now? We knot the president will try to insulate himself as he did in the Van Jones matter. We have questions Mr. President, and we want answers.
Mr. Boehner, it's amazing what you can accomplish when you're not spending all of your time at the hair salon and tanning booth. GOD BLESS HANNAH AND JAMES!!!!!!!
Beck is reporting a new video from the LA ACORN office. Can they (Dems) ignore this forever?
By the way, we should stop referring to ABC, CBS, NBC, etc as the Main Stream Media or MSM as they have now forfeited that right by not reporting news. We should now refer to them as DADT, the Don't Ask Don't Tell media. lol
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Amen!
Defund 'em NOW!
That's the kind of "change" America needs.
ACORN has come to represent the leftist, Marxist thug element very well, a la "Embrace Marxism? YES! WE! CAN!" at http://firebreathingchristian.wordpress.com/2009/...
It is truly a wonderful thing to see so many coming out swinging so strong against this insanity.
Keeu fighting the good fight, BigGovernment.com! Thanks for bringing us together on this!
James and Hannah deserve the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for; 1: Public Service; 2: Breaking News Reporting: 3: Investigative Reporting by an individual or team; 4: National Reporting; 5: Breaking News Photography… This is the “BIGGEST” – “BEST” NEWS story I have seen in years!
This is bigger than the Nixon- Watergate investagation! What a story!
ABC's Charlie Gibson just said he's not aware of any ACORN scandal!
http://www.freedomslighthouse.com/2009/09/abc-new...
Yep. Silence is a very LOUD response.
Send the letter everyday Congressman until you get a response. Keep pushing the issue, this goes all the way to 1600 Penn. Ave.
You know that there are things worse than ACORN in the USA. Believe it or not. The government arrested a bunch of terrorist suspects in NY, for example. We still have a bad economy. Terrorists still exist. It's forest fire season in the Western US. There are other things out there that I haven't mentioned. ACORN is down the list under number million on our list of problems.
ABC news man Charlie Gibson said today on WLS AM Chicago he never heard of Acorns problems. Come on Charlie, your HANDLERS at the White House told you to say it! You have just flushed your career down the drain!
You are not a true newsman you are a propagandist for Obama! And we know it!
Charlie Gibson aka Ted Baxter anchor without a clue!
I agree – he's the master insulator! I do like that the letter says "and it's affiliates," but do we know all the affiliates?
Yes, but NO response is in itself, a very BIG response!
http://www.communityorganizationsinternational.or...
If you are reading this and live in a country with an affiliate? DEMAND your Representatives investigate immediately and shut down any and all funding that ACORN/COI can get access to.
These marxist's want "global"? Give 'em global.
I don't think Obummer can ignore this. Next week is the G20 and the eyes of the world WILL be on the US. Pass the popcorn.
This will certainly be ignored by the mainstream propaganda. It will be interesting to see if FOX runs with it. (I don't watch TV until after hours.) On the previous story linked here, are you reasonably certain that ACORN never re-established its charter in MD? While using their tactics against them is a tour de force, we hope you give us a highly reliable source of information… Some of the stories here have been slightly misleading to your readership. Imitating Alinsky against a corrupt enemy ends at exposing the putrid Ethics and Rules that violate human decency. I hope you all see this as legitimate concern, because I think biggovernment.com is great stuff!
new naming rights to deflect the carnage being inflicted–they will now go by APORN….
Bravo to John Boehner. He's been working heroically on stopping the corruption and socialist efforts of this administration.
Unverified response from Obama: "GOD DAMN AMERICA!" Oh, that was Rev. Wright. My bad!
I emailed Charlie Gibson @ Alphabet News and told him that as he's retiring, he might now have time to find out who ACORN is by watching FOX, but that in the meantime, if he needs to catch up, he can go to biggovernment.com. There have been a lot of comments left over there already.
I'm a Beck "insider" and streamed his live show this morning.
He played the audio from the tape he's showing tonight. An ACORN shill, (a white women BTW). explained to Jim and Hanna how she shot and killed her husband and got away with it. (She claimed she "thought" he was going to hurt her), and laughed about it. She went into some detail about it too.
She says she "set it up" for some time before. Sounds like 1st degree to me and I'm no lawyer. (But I played one on my DVR once.)
Tick, tock folks.
Not Over.
"believe it is vital that all other federal agencies with ties to ACORN"
My bet is this is going to fail. Not because it is not the right thing to do. It is because the word "ALL" is in this bill and Democrats and even some Republicans won't do it. Call me pessimistic at best of Washington.
Could someone help jog my memory here? When ol' Slick Wilie did the fat chick in the blue dress, weren't there 150 reporters tripping all over themselves? It was on every channel, every day, all the time. Why was that then and this now? What about the Dimmocrat mantra "What about the children…………?" Well, what about them? Why aren't the Politicians, and the Press outraged over this. It stinks…………………
I commented on Charlie Gibson's page @ Alphabet News and told him that as he's retiring, he might now have time to find out who ACORN is by watching FOX, but that in the meantime, if he needs to catch up, he can go to biggovernment.com. There have been a lot of comments left over there already.
I'm a Beck "insider" and streamed his live show this morning.
He played the audio from the tape he's showing tonight. An ACORN shill, (a white women BTW), explained to Jim and Hanna, how she shot and killed her husband and got away with it. (She claimed she "thought" he was going to hurt her), and laughed about it. She went into some detail about it too.
She says she "set it up" for some time before. Sounds like 1st degree to me and I'm no lawyer. (But I played one on my DVR once.)
Tick, tock folks.
Not Over.
Mr. Boehner … "To facilitate this effort, the Republican staff of the Oversight Committee has compiled a complete list of the corporations that form the ACORN Council, and we would be pleased to share it with you and members of your administration."
Would your staff be pleased to share your list with We the People? We the People would be extremely interested in perusing such a compilation. What say you?
There is more to that contemptible outfit than simply ACORN. Cut off funds to any organization even slightly associated with that bunch of cretins.
As a post the other day said, cut down the tree and dig up its roots, or we'll never be rid of them.
This will certainly be ignored by the mainstream propaganda. It will be interesting to see if FOX runs with it. (I don't watch TV until after hours.) On the previous story linked here, are you reasonably certain that ACORN never re-established its charter in MD? While using their tactics against them is a tour de force, we hope you give us a highly reliable source of information… Some of the stories here have been slightly misleading to your readership. Imitating Alinsky against a corrupt enemy ends at exposing the putrid Ethics and Rules that violate human decency. I hope you all see this as legitimate concern, because I think biggovernment.com is great stuff!
Have you noticed that when, our corrupt and soon to be impeached president, is addressing a mostly black crowd he goes to his ebonics? Is it just me??????
"his silence will not go unnoticed"
It will just go unreported. I don't think people understand what we are up against. These people will not give an inch. They might cannibalize their own for self-preservation, but then they will either ignore the real issue or shift blame somewhere else and the MSM will provide the cover that they need. They are not going to give ground in this ideological battle no matter how much they have to lie, either directly or by omission.
This is their best chance for exerting their will on the world. They aren't going away without a fight.
This prohibition should include the entire Apollo Group which is the umbrella organization that includes both ACORN and SEIU (both headed up by the Rathke brothers. It is rotten from the top down.
…like they did for the DC march?
You gotta see this: http://tinyurl.com/m446gr on Hutchingson's missed vote in the senate.
There should be a medal of freedom award in this for you all.
Pretty smart to publicly call BO out like that.
The onus is on BO to cut the head off his own snake.
Let's see how this plays out.
Has to be suck to be the emperor right now.
Couldn't happen to a better liar.
I was just thinking that as I turned the tv off as soon as his face came on again.
This acorn story might be bigger than Nixon's Watergate. Shall we call it ( OBAMACORN)?
Keep it up. Keep the pressure up.
We must stay focused—The real fight is coming and it is going to get nasty.
God Bless the USA!
no-mo-bama will HAVE to respond. If he tries to bury this, there will be no doubt who he sleeps with at night. The walls are crumbling in around him.
You have a point. Some people have started referring to them as the State Run Media (SRM). It is a much more accurate description than MSM.
Oh, that Cracker Pimp and Ho
Will Never Disrupt Our Flow
Racist Pigs!
Yeah……that was quick!
…and all the O'minions are scattering like roaches…
Ger: No, you are 100% correct. When he is with the black crowd, he starts his shucking and jiving Negro shuffle and speaking Ebonics. When he is with the white crowd, he speaks "honkie". Talk about a RACIST! The Manchurian Candidate has been disrobed………..
I share your pessimism, Sanmon.
Unless there are enough pit-bull Republicans to go at this tooth and nail.
I saw the speech. The guy is in perpetual campaign mode. He actually led them in a cheer at the end. I'm not kidding. Someone needs to send a pair of pom-poms to the White House.
This is POLITICS sorry I don't believe John Boehner will do any more than speeches. Why did he not write a bill and bring it to the House floor. And as your great point, share it with the people the President already knows who is funding ACORN.
Good its just not me – Like Rush just said, 'he is becoming a laughing stock' – he is done!!!
Over 5400 posts on ABC — and Charlie is getting hammered!! Also alot of good jabs in at ABC and MSM! On their OWN website, too!! Priceless….. : )
We can write, and blog, and jest, and be facetious, and use satire, parody and humor; but there is a fight brewing. A fight for the very heart and soul of Americ; it is going to tear this country apart, and I sure hope God smiles kindly on US.
Of course, Obama will laugh as he crumples the letter and throws it in the garbage. But I greatly appreciate that Republican leaders are taking on this issue AND the more Obama stands up for and supports ACORN, the more ammunition he gives to opponents. ACORN is an albatross around the neck of anyone who claims to want to 'change Washington style politics' and who rails against 'special interest groups'.
Go ahead Obama; defend ACORN and show you don't care about wasted tax-payer funds and corruption. Show everyone that you're 'just a partisan Washington politician', everything you claimed NOT TO BE.
Is it Obama or Osama? I'm beginning to wonder.
You are, sadly enough, SO right.
SCAM! WOW!
Corruption in government is a far greater threat than the terrorists in the long run. Also, the economy and even the forest fires have been influenced by bad government.
Here is the Audio of ABC's Charlie Gibson saying "He hasn't heard of Congress voting to defund Acorn" its about half way down the page
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/09/15/acorn-watch-...
Glen Beck probably has that list already. Keep watching his program for the facts, and naming names. But, we all need to have that list. Apollo Group is the hydra-snake. ACORN is just one of the many heads.
Hydra in Greek mythology, many-headed water serpent. When one of its heads was cut off, two new heads appeared. The second labor of Hercules was to kill the monster. He did so by burning the neck after cutting off each head.
It is impossible to predict what people with no character or integrity will do. They have no morals.
Ignore it? Defend them? Throw ACORN under the bus? The only non-option is doing the right thing for the right reasons.
It is very sad that we as Americans have allowed people of this low caliber to rise this far in our government.
I think your right. But it won't be easy . Obama and all his corrupted cronies will have a hard time giving up all that money and power. They won't leave peaceful.
Uh Boy! So our tax money is going pay for the scum on the bottom of the tub while hard working, decent Americans are losing their jobs every day? The offices were "disposable" and it seems background checks weren't done. Wonder where the cash is???
Oh, and this will be one of the copouts that is commonly used. Since they look foolish if they actually try to fight the charges, they will attack the messengers while stating that it's "no big deal anyway."
The arguments of a child are hard to counter since they aren't based on rational thought and children don't accept rational answers when it's not the answer they like.
In his letter, Boehner said:
“To facilitate this effort, the Republican staff of the Oversight Committee has compiled a complete list of the corporations that form the ACORN Council, and we would be pleased to share it with you and members of your administration.”
Could he share this list with the People of The United States?
Kay Bailout Hutchinson is a disgrace as a senator. It would be a catastrophe were she to become governor of Texas.
Glenn Beck is showing another Acorn video from California on his show today that airs 5:00 EST. It's supposed to be on this site late afternoon. Can't wait to see this one.
You know – I tried giving this guy a chance. I figured he won the election and being an American, I would try to see what he was about, even though I knew from the news on him that he was bad. I do believe that all the democrats are not bad and I think they are even getting blindsided by all this. This is scary, I think ACORN was going to be involved in the forming of the civilian armed force. How far fetched would a coup been if that would have happened? We need to march on Washington for a week straight and tell them they had better listen…..
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