Just In: Senate Votes Overwhelmingly To Cut Off Funds To ACORN


	Just In: Senate Votes Overwhelmingly To Cut Off Funds To ACORN

jay8h

9-15-2009 5:49 PM

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jay8h says:

I wonder how proud Mr Obama is of his old organization?

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6567c19e-3e03-4f64-ac8f-f911568dad67/E3993505-9B17-437A-95B1-D9C9DFDB1AF5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://rightsoup.com/just-in-senate-votes-overwhelmingly-to-cut-off-funds-to-acorn/" href="http://rightsoup.com/just-in-senate-votes-overwhelmingly-to-cut-off-funds-to-acorn/" style="font-size: 11px;">rightsoup.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://rightsoup.com/just-in-senate-votes-overwhelmingly-to-cut-off-funds-to-acorn/"><H1><A title="Permanent Link: Just In:  Senate Votes Overwhelmingly To Cut Off Funds To ACORN" rel="bookmark" href="http://rightsoup.com/just-in-senate-votes-overwhelmingly-to-cut-off-funds-to-acorn/">Just In:  Senate Votes Overwhelmingly To Cut Off Funds To ACORN</A>  </H1></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://rightsoup.com/just-in-senate-votes-overwhelmingly-to-cut-off-funds-to-acorn/" href="http://rightsoup.com/just-in-senate-votes-overwhelmingly-to-cut-off-funds-to-acorn/" style="font-size: 11px;">rightsoup.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://rightsoup.com/just-in-senate-votes-overwhelmingly-to-cut-off-funds-to-acorn/"><STRONG>Senator Mike Johanns (R_NE) </STRONG> <A href="http://biggovernment.com/2009/09/14/johanns-amendment-would-defund-acorn/">introduced an amendment</A><SPAN> to the HUD and Transportation appropriations bill today which would <SPAN class="IL_LINK_STYLE">cut off</SPAN> all housing funding to ACORN.  The amendment passed overwhelmingly, with only 7 Democrats voting against it.  These Dirty 7 are no surprise, but I’ll call them out anyways!</SPAN>
<STRONG>* Dick Durbin (D-IL)
* Roland Burris (D-IL)
* Robert Casey (D-PA)
* Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
* Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
* Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
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