Congress Must Pass Republican Leader Boehner’s Defund ACORN Act


	Congress Must Pass Republican Leader Boehner’s Defund ACORN Act

merrie

10-31-2009 7:49 AM

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boehner’s defund acorn act, deprive acorn and its affiliates, u.s.house continuing resolution, until december 18th

merrie says:

or any other form of agreement to this criminal organization.

ACORN ally Representative Jerrold Nadler has lead the charge against the Defund ACORN Act. He has claimed that it is an unconstitutional *" Bill of Attainder " an argument that has been thoroughly rebutted by former FEC Commissioner Hans von Spakovsky. Nadler had no such reservations when he co-sponsered legislation to punish AIG employees who had been awarded bonuses. *A legislative act pronouncing a person guilty of a crime, usually treason, without trial and subjecting that person to capital punishment and attainder. Such acts are prohibited by the U.S. Constitution.

Congress moving to cut off funds to ACORN for the next 50 days is a merely a first step. An organization with ACORN’s history of voter registration fraud, tax evasion, and criminal activity should never again be eligible to receive any federal funds.

Stopping payment to this criminal enterprise is not enough.

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10-31-2009 7:51 AM

merrie

A thorough and complete investigation is necessary. Unfortunately the Obama Administration has failed to launch any meaningful investigation of ACORN.

Representative Lamar Smith has demanded that Attorney General Holder appoint a Special Counsel to investigate ACORN. Smith detailed ties between the Obama Administration and ACORN and explained that an objective investigation by the Administration is impossible. Attorney General Holder has not taken Smith’s advice.

The Department of Justice has chosen not to investigate ACORN’s criminal and fraudulent activity. The IRS and the Department of the Treasury have also resisted calls from Representative Issa and Senator Collins to launch an invest...

10-31-2009 8:19 AM

The Infowarrior

It didn't work for Blackwater or the Office of Information Awareness as they both continued receiving funding from unknown sources after being de-funded ... but hey why not it might work this time.

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