ACORN Cleared of Wrongdoing
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ACORN Cleared of Wrongdoing
A Congressional Research Service report commissioned by the House Judiciary Committee says ACORN hasn’t violated any federal regulations the last five years.
The report, released by Judiciary Chairman John Conyers’ (D-Mich.) staff Tuesday evening, also reports that the undercover filmmakers that allegedly caught employees of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now breaking the law may have violated state law in their filming operation.
Separately Tuesday, a New York federal judge rejected a motion from the Justice Department to reconsider a decision that ruled a bill that stopped funding for ACORN as an unconstitutional bill of attainder.
The CRS report is part of a slew of government inquests into the group, which was swept up in a number of embarrassing situations in the last several months. The Government Accountability Office recently opened its own report and Republican Reps. Darrell Issa of California and Steve King of Iowa have led the charge in demanding more investigations and hearings into the group.
ACORN has been under a cloud for several months. ACORN employees have been accused of voter registration fraud, and the organization has faced serious financial problems.
The CRS report, however, will give the organization’s backers some comfort and conservatives some ammo. It details that the, the beleaguered community group has received tens of millions of taxpayer dollars in the past several fiscal years – including one $16 million grant and another grant worth $7.8 million. An ACORN aide noted that much of the money was to ACORN Housing, which is legally a separate entity.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30919.html
The report, released by Judiciary Chairman John Conyers’ (D-Mich.) staff Tuesday evening, also reports that the undercover filmmakers that allegedly caught employees of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now breaking the law may have violated state law in their filming operation.
Separately Tuesday, a New York federal judge rejected a motion from the Justice Department to reconsider a decision that ruled a bill that stopped funding for ACORN as an unconstitutional bill of attainder.
The CRS report is part of a slew of government inquests into the group, which was swept up in a number of embarrassing situations in the last several months. The Government Accountability Office recently opened its own report and Republican Reps. Darrell Issa of California and Steve King of Iowa have led the charge in demanding more investigations and hearings into the group.
ACORN has been under a cloud for several months. ACORN employees have been accused of voter registration fraud, and the organization has faced serious financial problems.
The CRS report, however, will give the organization’s backers some comfort and conservatives some ammo. It details that the, the beleaguered community group has received tens of millions of taxpayer dollars in the past several fiscal years – including one $16 million grant and another grant worth $7.8 million. An ACORN aide noted that much of the money was to ACORN Housing, which is legally a separate entity.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30919.html
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amazing none of the blathers here have admitted they got took by the falsified video.. oh yeah, did they buy this report too???
Ghods forbid I expect integrity from them
Ghods forbid I expect integrity from them
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rumike wrote: But when Beck's thugs dress up like pimps and prostitutes and make up lies....
You mean the do other things? No it would take a backbone, the ability to admit they were taken, to show some CHARACTER to admit that they were taken... but what do we get? The smell of exhaust fumes and piles of horsey and parrot poo to blame ACORN, and not a peep when they were PROVEN WRONG.
Republican - re·pub·li·can (r-pbl-kn) - political party, which will control part of Congress 2011-2012, undermining the strength of the country - on purpose, in public, without apology or shame - simply for a campaign advantage in 2012.
Rombaldi wrote: You mean the do other things? No it would take a backbone, the ability to admit they were taken, to show some CHARACTER to admit that they were taken... but what do we get? The smell of exhaust fumes and piles of horsey and parrot poo to blame ACORN, and not a peep when they were PROVEN WRONG.
Rombaldi, one must post something one way or another about a topic before in your words "they were PROVEN WRONG". In my case, if you do a search of the term "ACORN", you will find exactly four post where ACORN is mentioned at all. Two of these are references without editorial comment in polls in the "Horserace thread" back prior to last years election. One is in an article from "Esquire" in July that does not accuse them of anything illegal and mentions them in reference, the other was in a reply to another poster in December 2008 that mentions "ACORN" and I quoted the poster's comments without using the term myself and commented that nothing that the group was accused of would change the Minnesota US Senate election results in any event. I also remember recently replying with a correction to your post which was critical of another poster commenting on ACORN who you mistakenly claimed owned the Chicago Tribune.
None of these posts of mine were critical of ACORN in any way nor were they supportive. I certainly have not been proven wrong on anything about them. I have avoided this silly topic as much as possible. Perhaps you should do the same before casting unmerited accusations at others. It detracts from whatever shred of credibility you may still possess.
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racehorse wrote: None of these posts of mine were critical of ACORN in any way..
Except of course when you extolled "Good job, HB3" when the troll attempted to discredit the other report that said ACORN did nothing wrong...
your 'selective memory' .... "detracts from whatever shred of credibility you may still possess."
Republican - re·pub·li·can (r-pbl-kn) - political party, which will control part of Congress 2011-2012, undermining the strength of the country - on purpose, in public, without apology or shame - simply for a campaign advantage in 2012.
Rombaldi wrote: Except of course when you extolled "Good job, HB3" when the troll attempted to discredit the other report that said ACORN did nothing wrong...
your 'selective memory' .... "detracts from whatever shred of credibility you may still possess."
I'm not a troll, but you've become a real dumbass.
Re: ACORN Cleared of Wrongdoing
rumike wrote: A Congressional Research Service report commissioned by the House Judiciary Committee says ACORN hasn’t violated any federal regulations the last five years.
Thanks for posting this Mike, I have been out of the loop lately.
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ACORN Housing is a totally separate part - however the group of Acorn from the tapes were NOT Housing group - nor were the one from the ACORN vote situation.
ACORN like other organizations has several separate groups under the "main listing of ACORN" - subsidiaries.
Those caught on tape have subsequently been dismissed as were many of the ones caught up in the acorn voting scandals.
I do support the HOUSING to help those in need of houses to live in - but I will not and do not support those like the ones in the voting scandals or the tapes. ACORN should immediately disassociate with those subsidiaries and stick STRICTLY to Housing and helping people obtain houses to reside in...
ACORN like other organizations has several separate groups under the "main listing of ACORN" - subsidiaries.
Those caught on tape have subsequently been dismissed as were many of the ones caught up in the acorn voting scandals.
I do support the HOUSING to help those in need of houses to live in - but I will not and do not support those like the ones in the voting scandals or the tapes. ACORN should immediately disassociate with those subsidiaries and stick STRICTLY to Housing and helping people obtain houses to reside in...