**UPDATED** House Votes to Cut All Funds to ACORN
by PubliusFrom the Associated Press:
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House voted Thursday to deny all federal funds for ACORN in a GOP-led strike against the scandal-tainted community organizing group that comes just three days after the Senate took similar action. “ACORN has violated serious federal laws, and today the House voted to ensure that taxpayer dollars would no longer be used to fund this corrupt organization,” said second-ranked House Republican Eric Cantor of Virginia.
The vote, on a provision attached to a student aid bill, was 345-75, with Democrats supplying all the “no” votes.
Vote: 345 to 75.
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Really, someone else said the the ACORN vote was lost…
345 yays
75 nays
Are we sure we got it all?? What are they doing to prevent the allocation to all the affiliates and name-changed orgs – What are they going to with the next application for funds to COI?
$10 says most democrats vote against it.
http://www.UniteOrDie.org
They'll do what Handgun Control did many years ago. Swift name change, and back to their old tricks.
Now lets go after SEIU.
here is proof of Acorn and SEIU being affiliated
http://mycityblog.net/2009/09/17/seiu-and-acorn-a...
Roll Call Vote: http://is.gd/3o0aB
Great Job Big Govt.com. YOu are now officially my new favorite website. You have gotten more done for our country in a week than congress has in a decade. Many thanks.
Uncork the bubbly folks, it's time to toast Jeff, Hannah, Breitbart, Big Government, Beck and all the people involved in exposing these dirty thugs for what they are!!!
Two people brought this organization down. But…were they acting alone?
Post the NAY votes.
We got somebodies attention…………….
I wonder if Madame Nancy Pelosi has heard about this NOW?
I think the public needs to know who the 75 nays are. These politicos need to be held accountable.
Great Point. Also, shouldn't SEIU be next.
Maybe now the media will pay attention and Jon Stewart won't have to act like this (it's really funny!) http://freedomlibertyshow.com/2009/09/even-jon-st...
dont celebrate yet…just heard it was a symbolic vote as no money was ever allocated to ACORN in the bill.
Here is proof of the affiliation between Acorn and SEIU, we need to stop SEIU before they turn us into their slaves
http://mycityblog.net/2009/09/17/seiu-and-acorn-a...
[...] according to biggovernment.com [...]
Remember the Nays!
Questions for the president:
Do you support importing child sex slaves?
If you were still senator would you have voted to defund them?
Should Durbin have voted against them?
Do you feel complicit, having worked for and defended ACORN in the past?
Would you like to congratulate James O'Keefe and Hanna Giles for rooting out criminals?
You supported ACORN, you support many federal programs, given what we have found at ACORN would you recommend citizens investigate all of them?
Alright! Lot's more to do.
Good read from Michelle – I forgot about it. Wonder what Robert Gibbs will say
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/08/22/acorn-watch-pt-ii-obama-hid-800000-payment-to-acorn-through-citizen-services-inc/
Follow the trail.
Great….now when does the investigation start?
Awesome!!!
where is the list of the nays???? are they up for election on 2010??
Smuggle little girls for sex slave business? Si se puede! Use prostitution proceeds to contribute to the ACORN, the DNC? Yes we can!
Burn 'em down!
I thank you and I know America thanks Ms. Giles, Mr. O’Keefe, Mr. Breitbart and Mr. Beck for their courageous work in exposing ACORN as a criminal enterprise.
YOU GUYS ARE NATIONAL HEROES!
Wow. Just…wow.
(applause)
Nice freaking work, BG. Just goes to show that you don't need a fancy, bureaucratic, muti-billion dollar corporation to be a media watchdog on the excess and corruption in government. All you need to do with the current administration is LOOK AROUND YOU AND REPORT IT.
This CULTURE OF CORRUPTION (D) is going to be a permanent campaign issue.
They're all yours, Obamacrats. OWN THEM.
Unfortunately, while this bill defunded Acorn, it is also nationalizing all student loans. Do we have to give up a finger to keep a toe?
Issa's amendment is to an education bill. It will only affect any subsidy ACORN and its affiliates(have the check the exact language) receives through the Department of Education.
My Rep, Kanjorski, voted Aye to defund ACORN. I'm calling him now and saying "Thanks for finally doing something right! You're still fired!"
They tied it to the Student loans bill – THIS CRAP I TOTALLY HATE – One has nothing to do with the other !!!!
the student loan bill now makes ALL student loans go thorugh the Whitehouse !!!!! Now you will be the slave of the Whitehouse when you get a loan and who do yopu think is now stuck with paying the tabs when they are defaulted on ?????
Alinksy Rule 13. Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it and polarize it.
Now tie this to the senators who voted to keep the funding…and any prominent politicians that have defended them in the past…
Put it away. This is a LOOONG struggle. Nothing is concrete until the President signs it.
About time… one thing we can be very relieved of is the fact there will be no more voter fraud or election theft. Even if they are involved, they will be watched very closely.
Yes!
Let the good times roll! The great ACORN nut cracking is underway!
Now…on to the SEIU…heh heh heh
http://firebreathingchristian.com
Wow! Great work everyone!
there wasnt any money going to acorn in this bill according to foxnews.
Probably not. They don't read what they vote on in Congress.
Is this the new Drudgereport?
ACORN -(anti citizen organied run nation) this must stop, they have been identified o=over the years as a problem and I do not want my tax dollars spent on such a fraud. Please reject any and all support to ACORN going forward. I can not stand the pretense of them helping the needey while taken advantage of the people they are to be helping and the American tax payer. Enough already.,..
who cares?
Breitbart: “As we go from ACORN office to ACORN office they seem to be experts at facilitating crime. And how to help the underclass work the system as best they can”
This is ORGANIZED CRIME….RICO! RICO! RICO!
I just heard something on the news about this. ACORN wasn’t in the student loan bill, this is symbolic. Anyone know anything about that?
And as my tribute here is Lloyd Marcus singing 2010 at the 9/12 March in DC this last weekend. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkWQ4uolB8Q
Cheers!!! Celebrate!!!
Onward,
So are they going to refund the taxpayers for the money they were going to give ACORN?
do you have a list?
Casey's office says so. NO money to ACORN ever . . . . .
A “teachable moment” – YES WE CAN !!!!! MANY THINKS, BIG GOV – WELL DONE
75 congressmen that need to lose their jobs! Un freaking real that you would vote to continue funding these pieces of human excrement !
what a shock rangel voted no. He should be in prison! Crook! Oh wait I might be considered a racist for speaking against him
How much money does George Soros fund to ACORN?
How much money does Ted Turner fund to ACORN?
How much money does the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation fund to ACORN?
How much money does Warren Buffet fund to ACORN?
How much money does ACORN fund to Jimmy Carter and the Habitat for Humanity?
That's 75 seats to go after in 2010!
Alinsky Rule 13. Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it and polarize it.
If it's true, doesn't the student loan part have to go through the Senate? If so, perhaps it will be stopped.
[...] Breaking on Big Government [...]
Odd, considering the Speaker just found out that ACORN even existed, like, yesterday. /just a pinch of sarcasm
RICO! RICO! RICO!
On with the INVESTIGATIONS!!!!
How come Pelosi's vote is not listed? Not listed under Yea/Nay/Present/Absent. Is she royalty?
HL – all of congress is up for election every 2 years, so yes.
Where is Pelosi? I didn't see her name on the list.
One must always celebrate the incremental steps that get us to the goal.
Exactly. Stopping corruption should have started at the AG's office.
WOW! Hannah and James ….. you rocked politics in the United States upside down. Great job. You two rock!
yes ive said that already on here
Where's Pelosi on the list?
this was the trick – come on guys slow down… STUDENT LOANS WILL NOW BE "TAKEN OVER" BY THE GOVERNMENT !!!!
"Yes I'll give you a loan but now you owe me 4 years of Amicorp service !!!!!!! – BE VERY CAREFUL here.
Congress has already thrown ACRON under the bus (they are old news to them) -
the full House is up for a vote in 2010 and a third of the Senate. So, yes is the answer.
We cannot stop now, we have to stay after SEIU and the liberal fascists trying to take over our country.The CZARS have to be investigated and brought into the light of day,and the Republicans better find some leadership with cajones or face being replaced by a new Conservative Party. "We have just begun to fight"
Where is Pelosi''s vote…….
One down…many more to go.
The funding for ACORN was just removed from the spending bills being voted on at the time, yes? So there are other pathways that taxpayer money is getting to ACORN, no? But without a doubt, this is great news.
Great news! We have it as our lead story!
Sid Burgess
National Director
http://newsfifty.com
Yea, Americians just got screwed ……..Slow down guys !!!! this is not good …..
Somebody tell clueless Pelosi please!
Please tell me that's not true.
Here is proof of the affiliation between Acorn and SEIU, we need to stop SEIU before they turn us into their slaves
http://mycityblog.net/2009/09/17/seiu-and-acorn-a...
Please vote and comment, as it will let other readers know America is concerned about this
That is just wrong. I finally caught up in reading about this today, but have no fear, it still has to go before the Senate, right?
I'd like to see what else in this bill. One thing it does have going for it is that Sheila Jackson – Lee (TX) and Corrine Brown voted against it. So it must be good!
I'd like to see what else in this bill. One thing it does have going for it is that Sheila Jackson – Lee (TX) and Corrine Brown (Fl) voted against it. So it must be good!
Jonah Goldberg tweeted earlier that we lost the vote. Curious? Seem to be some conflicting reports out there. I certainly trust Big Government though…
And we the people will be watching and ready this time.
I am curious to see the following:
Of the 75 noes, how many of those votes belong to the Congressional Black Cauc?us
Nay Votes: Let's get em
Baldwin
Becerra
Brady (PA)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capuano
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (IL)
DeGette
Delahunt
Doyle
Edwards (MD)
Ellison
Engel
Fattah
Filner
Fudge
Green, Al
Grijalva
Hinchey
Hirono
Holt
Honda
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Johnson, E. B.
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kucinich
Larsen (WA)
Lee (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Lynch
Markey (MA)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
Meeks (NY)
Mollohan
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Nadler (NY)
Neal (MA)
Olver
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Polis (CO)
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sánchez, Linda T.
Schakowsky
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sherman
Sires
Slaughter
Stark
Thompson (MS)
Towns
Tsongas
Velázquez
Waters
Watson
Waxman
Wexler
Woolsey
Here is proof of the affiliation between Acorn and SEIU, we need to stop SEIU before they turn us into their slaves
http://mycityblog.net/2009/09/17/seiu-and-acorn-a...
Please vote and comment, as it will let other Americans know you are concerned about the affiliation of these two companies. We have close to 1000 visitors a day, and a lot of them are decorates I rounded up on craigslist.
Alice, where did you get this information?
Bring on the investigation! I will not celebrate until this organization is completely stripped naked. It is up to us to put the pressure on our representatives and senators. A full external, independent investigation to air all the corruption that lies in this country
It's disturbing that, despite all of the clear corruption exposed in these videos, there are still people who will stand up for ACORN. What is it about child prostitution with illegals, tax evasion, and providing illegal advice on how to make an illegal professional "acceptable" on a tax return, that these guys think is ok?
I just don't think that most human beings can relate to this. The 7 Senators and 75 congressmen and women need to have their heads examined, not to mention we need to now look closely into their dealings with ACORN….because something stinks, and it's coming from their offices.
Is this for real? Will they really NOT give $8.5 billion to ACORN? How’s Mr. O. feel about that? Anybody dare to ask him? Somehow it seems TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!
The entire house is up for election every 2 years so yes. I'm guessing they are in safe blue districts but it would be fun to "tweak" them a bit.
That must be the reason the refunding was attached to the studant loan, because they new the senate wouldn't like it.
Somebody! Email Charlie! Email Charlie! Poor missah Gibson, he gon be out the loop again if someone don email Charlie!
That must be the reason the refunding was attached to the student loan, because they new the senate wouldn't like it.
Like so many who already have, I would like to thank James O'Keefe and Hanna Giles for the amazing work they took upon their own to do for this country. The great thing about something like this is when you set the barn on fire, its really easy to find the rats as they run from the flames, Its going to be interesting to see what names those rats are going to have. Now lets watch closely as this continues to unfold and ensure the right actions are taken from this point forward by the people and agencies responsible for stopping this type of criminal activity in our country. These two have done a great job, lets hope and pray we have someone with courage in the right place to keep the fire lit as long as it takes.
—— NOES 75 -—
Baldwin
Becerra
Brady (PA)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capuano
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (IL)
DeGette
Delahunt
Doyle
Edwards (MD)
Ellison
Engel
Fattah
Filner
Fudge
Green, Al
Grijalva
Hinchey
Hirono
Holt
Honda
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Johnson, E. B.
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kucinich
Larsen (WA)
Lee (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Lynch
Markey (MA)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
Meeks (NY)
Mollohan
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Nadler (NY)
Neal (MA)
Olver
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Polis (CO)
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sánchez, Linda T.
Schakowsky
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sherman
Sires
Slaughter
Stark
Thompson (MS)
Towns
Tsongas
Velázquez
Waters
Watson
Waxman
Wexler
Woolsey
Thank you BG!! Thank you Hannah and partner whose name escapes me right now!
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I will be calling Bobby Scott in Va, my "representitive" and ask hound him until he answers why.
[...] The US House of Representatives has approved a student loan provision that contained an amendment banning federal funding for ACORN by a 345-75 [...]
Are they defunded or is this just for student loans? I won't believe any of this until the news gets around.
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