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WASHINGTON -- Great empires rise and fall, rise again. Byzantium survives in splendor as Rome collapses before the barbarian hordes.
So it has been with ACORN. So it shall be.
Fear not, America. House Republicans have resumed their war on the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, an anti-poverty nonprofit staffed by low-income people, a scant 4 1/2 years after the organization officially folded.
Truth be told, there are no signs of a resurgent ACORN. There have been no attempted coups at other nonprofits, no banners bearing the seal of the mighty oak's seed raised above the ramparts of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. By all accounts, the organization that shattered in the spring of 2010 remains in pieces.
And yet.
On Tuesday, House negotiators unveiled a bill to fend off a looming government shutdown that included the following ominous provision:
"None of the funds made available under this or any other Act, or any prior Appropriations Act, may be provided to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, allied organizations, or successors."
A mere four months ago, it appeared that the long Republican crusade against ACORN was at an end. None of the piecemeal House appropriations bills funding various parts of the government had included anti-ACORN language. The GOP, it seemed, was finally laying down arms against the phantom menace.
But the so-called cromnibus proves Republicans have not lost their resolve.
At this point in history, educated persons of all backgrounds are familiar with the saga of ACORN and the House GOP. But it is a good story, one that bears repeating.
Congress cut off federal funding for ACORN in late 2009, after a selectively edited video from conservative provocateur James O'Keefe appeared to show its employees aiding tax-dodging schemes for prostitution. Subsequent government investigations cleared ACORN of wrongdoing, but the PR blow proved fatal, and the organization closed in the spring of 2010.
The mere demise of ACORN, of course, didn't end the Republican assault. The House GOP over and over blocked federal funding to ACORN in appropriations bills, ultimately voting more than a dozen times to prevent the non-existent entity from receiving taxpayer money.
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originally posted by: Metallicus
This article is misleading and so is your post. If they don't defund it then money disappears into a defunct organization. Good luck getting that money back after the check is written. Until the bill that created funding for ACORN (and other organizations) is repealed the money has to be shut down by this vote.
originally posted by: Spider879
originally posted by: Metallicus
This article is misleading and so is your post. If they don't defund it then money disappears into a defunct organization. Good luck getting that money back after the check is written. Until the bill that created funding for ACORN (and other organizations) is repealed the money has to be shut down by this vote.
What money?? It's been defunded there is no money earmarked for Acorn period!
originally posted by: Metallicus
originally posted by: Spider879
originally posted by: Metallicus
This article is misleading and so is your post. If they don't defund it then money disappears into a defunct organization. Good luck getting that money back after the check is written. Until the bill that created funding for ACORN (and other organizations) is repealed the money has to be shut down by this vote.
What money?? It's been defunded there is no money earmarked for Acorn period!
Okay I see you don't understand how this works. Every time money is about to be sent out to ACORN like organizations it has to be defunded. You are assuming that ACORN is defunded in perpetuity which won't be the case until the original funding bill expires. Inefficient? Yes, but completely necessary as a procedural vote.
You and your article failed to understand or print the facts which was done in error or more likely on purpose to mislead people for political posturing purposes. I hope you now understand my issue with your post.
An article that is just Dems crying they can't get their hands on more taxpayer money to commit voter fraud.
originally posted by: buster2010
a reply to: TinfoilTP
An article that is just Dems crying they can't get their hands on more taxpayer money to commit voter fraud.
Prove this voter fraud if anyone is committing voter fraud it's the GOP not ACORN. The video by O'Keefe was proven to be nothing but a lie and the GOP is relying on the ignorance of the public to believe it was the truth that is what they are basing everything on.
originally posted by: Spider879
originally posted by: Metallicus
originally posted by: Spider879
originally posted by: Metallicus
This article is misleading and so is your post. If they don't defund it then money disappears into a defunct organization. Good luck getting that money back after the check is written. Until the bill that created funding for ACORN (and other organizations) is repealed the money has to be shut down by this vote.
What money?? It's been defunded there is no money earmarked for Acorn period!
Okay I see you don't understand how this works. Every time money is about to be sent out to ACORN like organizations it has to be defunded. You are assuming that ACORN is defunded in perpetuity which won't be the case until the original funding bill expires. Inefficient? Yes, but completely necessary as a procedural vote.
You and your article failed to understand or print the facts which was done in error or more likely on purpose to mislead people for political posturing purposes. I hope you now understand my issue with your post.
Okay I kinda get your point for Acorn like organizations,but Acorn is dead there is no one home.
originally posted by: xuenchen
originally posted by: Spider879
originally posted by: Metallicus
originally posted by: Spider879
originally posted by: Metallicus
This article is misleading and so is your post. If they don't defund it then money disappears into a defunct organization. Good luck getting that money back after the check is written. Until the bill that created funding for ACORN (and other organizations) is repealed the money has to be shut down by this vote.
What money?? It's been defunded there is no money earmarked for Acorn period!
Okay I see you don't understand how this works. Every time money is about to be sent out to ACORN like organizations it has to be defunded. You are assuming that ACORN is defunded in perpetuity which won't be the case until the original funding bill expires. Inefficient? Yes, but completely necessary as a procedural vote.
You and your article failed to understand or print the facts which was done in error or more likely on purpose to mislead people for political posturing purposes. I hope you now understand my issue with your post.
Okay I kinda get your point for Acorn like organizations,but Acorn is dead there is no one home.
Googles:
" acorn new names "
" acorn criminal convictions "
originally posted by: Spider879
Look this is among the reasons I can't do Republican,I mean stupidity is bipartisan but Republican leadership have a greater piece of that pie,do they not have more important sh!!t to do than voting over a non existent organization,it Is DEAD !! it died more than one election cycle ago.Let it go let it gooo!!
originally posted by: Spider879
originally posted by: xuenchen
originally posted by: Spider879
originally posted by: Metallicus
originally posted by: Spider879
originally posted by: Metallicus
This article is misleading and so is your post. If they don't defund it then money disappears into a defunct organization. Good luck getting that money back after the check is written. Until the bill that created funding for ACORN (and other organizations) is repealed the money has to be shut down by this vote.
What money?? It's been defunded there is no money earmarked for Acorn period!
Okay I see you don't understand how this works. Every time money is about to be sent out to ACORN like organizations it has to be defunded. You are assuming that ACORN is defunded in perpetuity which won't be the case until the original funding bill expires. Inefficient? Yes, but completely necessary as a procedural vote.
You and your article failed to understand or print the facts which was done in error or more likely on purpose to mislead people for political posturing purposes. I hope you now understand my issue with your post.
Okay I kinda get your point for Acorn like organizations,but Acorn is dead there is no one home.
Googles:
" acorn new names "
" acorn criminal convictions "
I did aaand Breitbart??? am supposed to listen to Breitbart the same phony rag that blatantly lied about Arcon by omission??,look Republicans got their turn at bat cut whatever do whatever the pendulum swings both ways...but Acorn is a waste of time.. let it go let go!!.hack away at school lunches for I care but stop bsing and wasting tax dollars on sh%t that's non existent, do we need a vote to against not funding al-Qaeda every year.
originally posted by: Spider879
originally posted by: Metallicus
This article is misleading and so is your post. If they don't defund it then money disappears into a defunct organization. Good luck getting that money back after the check is written. Until the bill that created funding for ACORN (and other organizations) is repealed the money has to be shut down by this vote.
What money?? It's been defunded there is no money earmarked for Acorn period!
You truly think that the Dems care for the poor??? Guess that is why the wealthiest of those in politics are Dems. Hmm, go figure.