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    Shimkus and other members of the House GOP called Tuesday for an end to ACORN’s taxpayer funding. "I have signed a letter with many of colleagues to President Obama asking him to end all federal funding for ACORN immediately. I am also joining as a cosponsor of legislation (the Defund ACORN Act) that would do the same. ACORN has shown itself to not be worthy of taxpayers’ funds any longer, and we need to end this abuse and waste of money" Shimkus said. The move came a day after Illinois’ two Democrat Senators, Richard Durbin and Roland Burris, were among seven Senators who voted against a Senate action calling for an end to Housing and Urban Development Department grants for ACORN. Full Article at The Southern Illinoisan
    I have signed a letter with many of colleagues to President Obama asking him to end all federal funding for ACORN immediately. I am also joining as a cosponsor of legislation (the Defund ACORN Act) that would do the same. ACORN has shown itself to not be worthy of taxpayers’ funds any longer, and we need to end this abuse and waste of money
    John Shimkus – John Shimkus SOURCE: The Southern Illinoisan 2 months ago
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Shimkus: Strip federal funds from ACORN
  1. On Monday the Senate voted to bar federal housing money from going to ACORN in the 2010 fiscal year, and last week the Census Bureau announced it was cutting off ACORN ... This is being precipitated by the firing of two ACORN employees in their Baltimore office after damning evidence of wrongdoing was s...
    John Shimkus – John Shimkus SOURCE: The Southern Illinoisan 2 months ago
  2. went too far. It prohibited all federal housing funding from going to ACORN, an organization that has helped more than 100,000 families acquire homes totaling more than $14.7 billion since its inception in 1986. Congress should not deny assistance to thousands of families struggling to avoid foreclosure...
    SOURCE: The Southern Illinoisan 2 months ago

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