Republican Lawmakers Turn Up the Heat on ACORN
A growing number of Republican lawmakers are calling for congressional hearings and IRS audits of ACORN following the release of three videotapes
showing employees at the community organization assisting a purported "pimp" and "prostitute" in obtaining housing.
Meanwhile, Jerry Schmetterer, director of public information for the Kings County District Attorney's Office, told FOXNews.com that officials
will be "taking a look" into Brooklyn's ACORN office.
According to USASpending.gov, a federal government Web site for tracking government grants, ACORN Housing Corporation received $1.6 million to
provide housing services to low-income communities in this fiscal year, ending Sept. 30. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Grants has
given $8.2 million to ACORN between 2003 and 2006, as well as $1.6 million to ACORN affiliates.
I contacted my Senator's, Tom Coburn and Jim Inhofe, with a request to do just this. It's about damn time ACORN gets put into the spotlight and held
accountable for the very bold illegal activities they've become known for.
Strip them of their non-profit status and make them pay back every federal dime they've ever received. That's just for starters. How they've
managed to garner a favorable reputation is beyond me.
"What would they not do?" he asked of the ACORN workers. "Where would they reach a moral revulsion?"
That's my question too. I hope the Democratic majority is smart enough to get behind this. I won't hold my breath though. 
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[edit on 9/14/2009 by soldiermom]
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