Justice Department: ACORN Can Be Paid For Existing Federal Contracts
by PubliusOn Friday, the Department of Justice released a ruling it issued Monday, outlining its arguments that federal agencies can continue providing taxpayer funds to ACORN.
The Justice Department interpretation lays the groundwork for federal agencies to resume paying ACORN, despite a Congressional-ban on public funds going to the troubled organization. The ruling argues that nothing in the funding prohibition prevents federal agencies from giving ACORN taxpayer funds for existing contracts between the organization and the federal government.
It should be noted that the ACORN funding ban is included within the current Continuing Resolution, a legislative vehicle to fund government operations until a full budget is enacted. Without the CR, no federal funds could be expended by any agency. Under the current CR, ACORN is prohibited from receiving federal funds. Justice is arguing that some existing contracts entered into the executive branch officials–which haven’t been disclosed to the public–supercede the Congressional legislation. But only Congress can dictate how funds are spent.
The ruling seems to be an interpretation in search of a loophole. Worse, it seems the Justice Department is trying to find a way to allow ACORN to continue receiving government funds, rather than a dispassionate analysis of the funding ban passed by Congress.
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What ever happened to breach of contract? Obviously ACORN wasn't paid to offer the sort of lurid services that were caught on Hannah Giles and James O'Keefe's cameras. Attorney General Holder should be asking for our (the taxpayers') money back!
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What a surprise, the DOJ is totally corrupt, along with their cohorts in congress.
Hack Them before They Hack You.
'The ruling, issued Monday, was made public on Friday.'
Anything released on a Friday (especially a holiday Friday) is something that is smelly and they want to hide.
Completely, totally, unbelievably correupt DOJ. This entire, ENTIRE(!!) Obama administration is so criminal it defies mental processing. What they are getting away with, on a daily basis, is enough to tell me it's time for a REVOLUTION from the American people. This. Must. STOP.
I guess some contracts are more important than others.
Sharpen up your pitchforks boys and girls, we will have to use them very soon.
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A page right out of Acorn’s book
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Obama administration selects fathers’ rights attorney Jeffery Leving to head first White House Roundtable on Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families
Afro-Netizen received the following press release from the law office of Jeffery Leving.
If this new presidential roundtable takes on the tone of Obama’s infamous 2008Father’s Day speech, it may wind up causing more trouble than traction among parents who supported Obama in hopes that his administration would reform and create policies that encourage parental involvement in lieu of those that all but destroy already challenged families.
The White House Selects Fathers’ Rights Attorney Jeffery Leving as Resource:
First Annual White House Roundtable on Responsible Fatherhood
(Chicago, IL) On Wednesday, August 5, 2009, Fathers’ Rights Attorney Jeffery Leving will join senior White House staff to discuss strategies to promote responsible fatherhood and healthy families. This is the first White House Roundtable on Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families in Chicago. This is the beginning of President Barack Obama’s national conversation on responsible fatherhood and community involvement. Michael Strautmanis, Chief of Staff to the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison (Valerie Jarrett) will be in attendance at the private Roundtable event with Jeffery Leving.
This private Roundtable will focus on strengthening fathers and families and address the challenge of father absence in America and will be held at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Forum located at 725 W. Roosevelt Road. The private Roundtable is scheduled from 3:00 – 5:00pm and will be followed by a Town Hall Meeting at 6:30pm. President Barack Obama will participate through a video conferencing link.
This event is co-sponsored by the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships and the Administration for Children and Families.
For more information call Media Coordinator – Jennifer Whiteside at (312) 296-3666.
Impeachment needs to start now for this corrupt administration. This is outrageous!
Solid evidence of systemic corruption in ACORN all across the United States and this jackass sets this policy?
Holder needs to go to jail!
Contract smontract, don't you people understand???? Contracts mean precisely and exactly what Obama says they do. If you don't believe me just ask all the 'secure creditors of GM'
I knew it would happen. A loophole would be found so ACORN could continue to pick the taxpayer's pockets while they continue their fraud and corruption. The only reason it's happening is that ACORN is a Leftist group and we have the Leftists in charge. Sickening…
How much more of this B/S are we going to have forced upon us. Maybe we should stop paying taxes (worked for Rangel & Geithner) no more of our money to ACORN. Or, at least wait until the last day to send checks in. Another post makes mention that our vaulted leader and his justice Department will let Americans go before the Hague for trial. More of our tax dollars at work for people who hate American's.
One would be inclined to think that this is further evidence of Obama's intimate involvement and collusion with a criminal enterprise. Aiding and abetting as it were!!!
Hopefully the ACORN contracts have a Termination for Convenience clause.
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/term...
Sounds like Holder is ignoring ACORN's illegal operations and their defrauding of the U. S. tax payers. Time for Mr. Breitbart to unleash the remaining videos????
I think a revolution is closer than we think.
//sharpens a stick at both ends
Check this out for Obama's ties to Acorn and the Democratic Socialist Party:
http://www.usasurvival.org/ck05.22.08.html
This is what happens when a presidential candidate isn't vetted before the election.
As for our AG, he should be removed from office for derelection of duty. He's only here to cover for Nobama.
He has a plan, he has spoke of it here and there over the past months. There is a LOT more bad stuff that the good guy's have in there posession. They are going to keep hammering nails until the coffin is complete. I have faith in Andrew, ALL contributors to this site and the Constitution of the United States.
Let me get this straight, tax dollars, er contracts must be honored for a criminal enterprise but legal contracts for bond holders of GM be damned. Some hope and change from beltway cronyism and influence peddling.
from you keyboard to God ears
Is Acorn getting paid for work already done, or is this for future work such as falsifying voter registration forms in the future?
Impeach who ?
Only the president can remove Holder.
With a Dem majority in both houses, this president will never be impeached and impeachment is NOT removal; it's the Senate that holds a trial to remove a president.
The first president to be impeached was Andrew Johnson, but he was NOT removed by the Senate.
Nixon was NEVER impeached !
Clinton was the first and ONLY elected president, in the history of this nation to be impeached and he wasn't removed.
That's a bout it, when it comes to Obama and his horde.
Yes! Was Acorn contracted to be a partisan fundraiser for the DNC? Were they contracted to commit voter registration fraud? I thought AGs were supposed to be objective guard dogs of justice not wimpy lap dogs. Makes you wonder what Rham has on Holder doesn't it?
BASTARDS
Well….try harder I guess! The America people will always seek out the truth and render their decisions. A biased, politically motivated attack on an organization fooled very few. Not enough to matter in elections anyways.
Face the facts folks. Call it what it is: REPAIRATIONS.
Who'd a thunk it would be handled differently by Obama/Holder/Wright/Lewis?
Bend over and grin America, THEY'RE going to do it again.
[...] you read the memorandum and need a little help with the legalese, Plubius at Big Government can help with that: It should be noted that the ACORN funding ban is included within the current [...]
It's OK…..You can use Moron and Eric Holder in the same sentence.
So in other words, it depends on what the meaning of is,is.
I can not beleive I am the first to pull up this oldie but goodie. If I was Mrs Holder I would be watching for knee marks underneath Mr Holders desk. Michelle take note da dawgs is in the house.
A Democrat has an extramarital affair (Clinton), cheats on his taxes (Rangle), accepts bribes (Murtha), sells a Senate seat (Jackson), backs sex-trafficking (Cleaver), lives with a pimp (Frank), and on and on and on…
NOBODY BATS AN EYE, WHY? Because THEY ARE DEMOCRATS and IT IS EXPECTED OF THEM! They have no morals, there is no God, praise homosexuals, be politically correct, tax global warming, embrace illegals, bigger government is the answer to everything. The most corrupt Democrat is the most exalted.
Liberal Democrats have taken corruption to a new high and taxpayers will be paying the bill for years. THE STIMULUS BILL, how are those jobs coming? THE ACORN SCANDAL, taxpayers supporting voter fraud! THE GLOBAL WARMING SCAM, fat Al and bogus scientists getting rich while you pay the tab!
And best of all, THE HEALTH CARE SCAM, citizens will pay taxes and public insurance costs for 4 years before receiving ANY benefits, during that time current Medicare and Medicaid benefits will be reduced to build up the kitty and put in the hands of HONEST OBAMA and our HONORABLE CONGRESS.
IT'S MILKING TIME! YOU LIBERAL DEMOCRAT VOTERS ARE THE STUPIDEST COWS EVER!
Here a Scandal, There a Scandal, Everywhere a Scandal Scandal!
Global Warming Scam Exposed!
http://usataxpayer.org/viewx.asp?Get=globalwarmin...
ACORN Scandal Exposed…
http://usataxpayer.org/view.asp?Get=obamaacorn
Actually, the term Bat Shit Crazy comes to mind because bastards suggest that they are just intentionally evil. Where as, Bat Shit Crazy is more sinister and diabolical.
Holder/Geithner/Rangels/Obama/Pelosi/Reid/Biden/ and the rest of those liberal democrat socialist all need to be either investigated, impeached, jailed, or resigned. This radical, inexperienced, and incompetent liberal Congress and Obama Whitehouse are clearly an historical disgrace to the United States of America without a doubt. ACORN/SEIU need to be immediately severed from any American taxpayer funding, then investigated fully and prosecuted.
There are MORE of US then the corrupt administration! I think we can take them out NOW!!!!
Doesn't mean that WE THE PEOPLE can't find a way to make it happen!!!
Time for the citizens of America do do something. The people who are in office are corrupt and beyond redemption. They are breaking the law! I say run them out of office!
The article refers to Public Law 111-68 ok. Now my question is about Public Laws. Can thhey pick and choose which ones to use as there are very many, many Public Laws. This particular PL is used for the issue at hand.
For example: The Bible was legislated – PL 97=280, 96 Stat 1211, 10/4/82…Basically it is a morality system that was used for peoples who stated that they are One Nation Under God.
WRITE YOUR SENATOR AND CONGRESSMAN and demand that they stop funding ACORN. ERIC HOLDERIN has got to go along with the leftwing socialist in Congress and the Senate.
[...] Justice Department: ACORN Can Be Paid For Existing Federal Contracts [...]
I agree. Didn't Acorn already break the contract they had with HUD due to corruption? Why should HUD honor its contract with ACORN when it was already broken by ACORN?
Wow it took em long enough to find loop holes to allow obama to pay them for his presidency. You have tax cheats and frauds making the laws and finding ways around them, what do you expect they were gonna do with our tax money, use it for legitimate and legal enterprises? NOW, they will find a way to get around the congressional ban. Hmmmm. I got one for ya , It will be cheaper to pay them then to litigate it….thus saving money….hahaha I did your work for ya. Next thing you know, our tax money will go to pay the terrorists on trial, with a big sorry from Holder and Obama, and they will be set free. And we will pay them for being illegally incarcerated. And as they leave the courthouse, we will give them a big thank you for killing nearly 3,000 people. That is the obama way.
Folks, we DO NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT, HAVE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL. WE HAVE A DIRTY, CORRUPT LAWYER LOOKING OUT FOT THE SPECIAL INTERESTS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION! MATTER OF FACT, I HAVEN'T SEEN AN ADMINISTRATION AS CORRUPT OR AS FREE WHEELING WITH OUR MONEY EVER!!!
Holder was corrupt in the Clinton administration, lied during his confirmation hearings about the pardons he recommended during the Clinton years, and is still a corrupt, dirty, lying lawyer. He isn't ENFORCING the law, he's subverting it in order to protect this administration's cash cows, and political hacks. Remember the Black Panthers with the clubs in Pennsylvania? Why do you think he's bringing KSM, and others to New York to be tried when they aren't even eligible for OUR RIGHTS? In my opinion, it is to see terrorists walk away and turned loose inside this country. Wonder how much that cost.
Holder's old law firm represents some of the GITMO terrorists. Conflict of interest, people???? How much does Holder and his buddies stand to benefit?? I think this administration will and is ruining this country.
[...] on Civil Rights trying to hold Holder accountable for New Black Panther malfeasance. Meanwhile, Holder does an end-run around Congress to help out ACORN. California Attorney General Moonbeam offers incoherent defense of [...]
Have you seen that Governor Moonbeam, aka Jerry Brown says ACORN has a right to privacy over the documents found in the garbage cans? He is supposed to be investigating ACORN in California. I'd bet he gave them a heads-up that his people were coming, and that's why the documents were in the trash to begin with. His investigation won't be worth the time and effort it takes to do it, because he is looking out for the Corrupt, election throwing organization, that has been living off OUR taxdollars ever since it's founding. This investigation will be a waste of good California tax dollars.
How do you impeach an Attornel General?
OOPS! Did I say "Governor?" HE isn't. He is supposed to be the AG, but I don't think we have an honest one in the country! Lawyer, that is. He hopes to be governor, but putting a tax and spend democrat in the seat of governor in California would be disastrous. It is already bankrupt!
Eric Holder needs to be removed plain & simple
[...] by Publius On Friday, the Department of Justice released a ruling it issued Monday, outlining its arguments that federal agencies can continue providing taxpayer funds to ACORN. The Justice Department interpretation lays the groundwork for federal …Read Original Story: Justice Department: ACORN Can Be Paid For Existing Federal Contracts – Bi… [...]
Bull Hockey! wake up America1 send a million faxes to Holder and demand he step down! Acorn and SEIU are criminal enterprises! everyday there is another story about how corrupt they are and how politians like AG Holder protects them! Why? because Holder is hip deep inthe corruption himself and if he does help them they will turn on him! Impeach Holder today! wake up America and start faxing the clowns in washington sned faxes continually, call continually,stand up and protest these criminal acts of aiding and abetting! Acorn and SEIU breached their contracts by conducting criminal actions! tax evation, illegal lobbying, voter frayd, voter registratin fraud, union vote fixing and election rigging! wake up america! demand these clowns in washington step down! but be prepared to kick them the hell out if we have too! Only you can stop these people! Do it now! stand up and fight back before they enslave your children! before they steal all of your wealth! wake up! Obama lies about everything. even the numbers that his website produces! He is a liar and cheat and thief and criminal! Does the name trick Dick come to mind! Obama makes Nixon look like a boyscout! Impeach Obama now!
They're going to receive retroactive funds, in spite of the fact that they've been committing crimes all along. How convenient. Nice way to circumvent the law, Holder. Come to think of it, this regime just makes up the law as they go along. This is just another way for Obama to pay off some of his partners in crime. The Department of Justice has brushed aside every bit of evidence showing ACORN's fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars. Voter-registration fraud, video-taped corruption, and the discovery of documents thrown in a dumpster, are still not enough to embarrass Eric Holder and B. Hussein Obama into disowning and prosecuting the organization for its lengthy record of felonies.
Contracts are interpreted the way Obama sees fit.
The Dems in Congress are just as corrupt as he his, so there's no way this sorry excuse for a "commander-in-chief" will get impeached. If all goes well, we'll have a legislative regime change in 2010. Having said that, 2012 cannot come soon enough.
[...] The ruling seems to be an interpretation in search of a loophole. Worse, it seems the Justice Department is trying to find a way to allow ACORN to continue receiving government funds, rather than a dispassionate analysis of the funding ban passed by Congress. http://biggovernment.com/2009/11/27/justice-department-acorn-can-be-paid-for-existing-federal-contra... [...]
Did you never have a class about how our government works; even in grammar school ?
What you're suggesting is anarchy.
Taken from ACORN's website videios of their Convention 2008 –
Openingly campaigning for Obama w/ our tax-dollars:
Part I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8Ep1tkNOUU
Part II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=625jUE78zjE
I don't want my tax-dollars going to the Democratic Party no more than I want them going to support killing babies.
If possible,I would hope that someone soon, will hack into Obama's blackberry. It would be interesting to know w/ whom he communicates with.As what happened with the global warming scam.
Maybe it is time for a Tax Revolt..
Why should the taxes I pay go towards ACORN, possibly abortions in the future( health care bill), despicable education,future cap and trade,raunchy politicians benefits,and the list goes on and on.Do you want to help pay for this destruction of OUR….. U.S A??? Let us clean out this corruption,from our legal system once and for all! 2010!!! Then try them for treason.
Tax Revolt anyone??
[...] “Justice Department: ACORN Can Be Paid For Existing Federal Contracts” On Friday, the Department of Justice released a ruling it issued Monday, outlining its [...]
And your point is?? You think we don't already have 'mob' rule??
Amendment 28: Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators or Representatives, and Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States…let me know when this actually goes into effect!
This is why they should be called what they are, a corrupt criminal organization!! They are totally in the tank for the Democrats, yet ALL of our tax dollars go to them!!
Notin the way you meant; no.
The video is proof that they violated the law. Non-profits are supposed to be apolitical.
Wouldn't that apply to the healthscare bill?
SOOO — WHO is going to prosecute this case! A cause needs a champion — not only hot air!
where in the constitution does the AG have any discretion over spending of any kind? maybe holder should read the bill