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    The Senate action passed by a vote of 83-7. "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 seen in videotapes. In addition, charges are pending against ACORN in Pennsylvania and Nevada." Burris defended his vote in a statement Tuesday. Full Article at The Southern Illinoisan
    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 seen in videotapes. In addition, charges are pending against ACORN in Pennsylvania and Nevada.
    John Shimkus – John Shimkus SOURCE: The Southern Illinoisan 2 months ago
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Shimkus: Strip federal funds from ACORN
  1. 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
  2. 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 nee...
    John Shimkus – John Shimkus SOURCE: The Southern Illinoisan 2 months ago

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