It’s Time to defund ACORN
The Washington examiner reports…
The Senate has voted overwhelmingly to strip ACORN of funding in the Transportation/Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill. After ACORN workers were caught on tape in three cities allegedly abetting what they believed was a fraudulent mortgage and sex-trafficking scheme, only seven senators were willing to stand by them:
- Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.
- Roland Burris, D-Ill.
- Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
- Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
- Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.
- Bob Casey, D-Pa.
- Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.
GOP Leader announces that he will introduce legislation called the Defund ACORN Act
- John Boehner, “Enough is Enough” — It’s Time to DefundACORN Now,” (September 15, 2009)
Video: Boehner’s statement
Posted: September 15th, 2009 under ACORN, News.
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