Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota) blogs at
Townhall.com that House Financial Services Committee chairman
Barney Frank (D-Taxachusetts) is trying to use legislation to
help his buddies at the radical community activist group ACORN:
Yesterday, the House Financial Services Committee passed my
ACORN amendment that will prevent organizations, or employees
of organizations, that have been indicted for voter fraud from
being eligible for the housing counseling grants and legal
assistance grants authorized under the Mortgage Reform and
Anti-Predatory Lending Act.
Chairman Barney Frank accepted the amendment right there in
front of the whole committee -- I assumed because it was his
very own language as passed under the Housing and Economic
Recovery Act (HERA) of 2008 -- and the amendment was then
passed by unanimous voice vote.
Later that day, Chairman Frank said he had reservations about
my amendment and would discuss them with me. His staff
approached mine with specific changes he would like to make --
changes which eviscerate the meaning of the amendment and were
clearly not acceptable. [...]
