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House GOP to Call for Total Cutoff of Federal Funds to ACORN

The Washington Examiner reports: Today House Republicans will introduce a bill that would end all federal funding to ACORN and its affiliates. Republicans are also sending a letter to President Obama on the same subject. The action comes after the

ACORN Story Grows But Mainstream Media Refuse to Cover It

From FoxNews.com: This story has everything you could ever want – corruption, sleazy actions at tax-funded organizations, firings, government ties, sex, hookers. It is a network news director’s dream. Imagine the ratings. But almost no one is covering it. Bruce

Senate Votes to Defund ACORN Housing

The Johanns Amendment # 2355 to H.R. 3288 passed by a margin of 83 to 7. **UPDATE** View complete Senate vote here. The seven “NAYs”: Burris (D-IL) Casey (D-PA) Durbin (D-IL) Gillibrand (D-NY) Leahy (D-VT) Sanders (I-VT) Whitehouse (D-RI) *****

FoxNews: O'Keefe Demands Apology From ACORN

Fox News reports: Filmmaker Demands Apology From ACORN for Claiming Undercover Video ‘Doctored’ The independent filmmaker whose hidden-camera videos prompted the firing of four ACORN workers is demanding an apology from ACORN for calling his work a fabricated “scam” and

Statement from Bertha Lewis, ACORN Chief Organizer

Statement from Bertha Lewis, Chief Organizer, ACORN Regarding Recent News Reports: The relentless attacks on ACORN’s members, its staff and the policies and positions we promote are unprecedented. An international entertainment conglomerate, disguising itself as a “news” agency (Fox), has

Fox News: HUD Giving ACORN Millions

FoxNews.com reports: After Census Severs Ties, ACORN May Face Scrutiny of Housing Grants ACORN Housing Corporation received $1.6 million in federal money to provide housing services to low-income communities in this fiscal year Conservatives have cheered the Census Bureau’s decision

Krauthammer: ACORN Has Tainted Obama

TRANSCRIPT–Guest-host Guy Benson discussed ACORN with Charles Krauthammer on Friday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show”: Guy Benson: Charles, I want to quickly shift, as we have just a little over a minute left here, to the home front, and a domestic story

Maryland ACORN Official: It's Racism

Statement from Margaret Williams, Board Member, Maryland ACORN: It is clear and not coincidence that FOX continues to attack and divide our nation along racial lines. We believe our country is beyond this type of attack and call on all

AP: ACORN Fires 2 After Hidden-Camera Footage Aired

From the Associated Press: BALTIMORE (AP) – The nonprofit housing group ACORN has fired two employees at its Baltimore office who were seen on hidden-camera video giving advice to a man posing as a pimp and a woman pretending to