As the ACORN scandal continues to grow it appears that Congress is not alone in feeling the heat to break ties with the organization. Bank of America officially announced that it will suspend further agreements with ACORN until it is satisfied all issues have been resolved. An official statement from ACORN concerning Bank of America’s decision described it as understandable…
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With a vote of 345 to 75, House Republicans on Thursday took one more step toward eliminating all federal funding for ACORN. The ‘Defund ACORN Act’ will prohibit any and all “federal contract grant, cooperative agreement or any other form of agreement (including a memorandum of understanding” from being awarded to or entered into between any part of the Federal Government and ACORN. Additionally it will prohibit any federal fund from being provided to the group “…in any other form…”
Unable to bring the Act to the floor of the House as its own separate bill, the ‘Defund ACORN ACT’ was attached to…President Obama is expected to…
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