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The Spectacle Blog
UPDATED same night. For clarification…see below
Remember that story from a few days ago, the one about the Obama administration giving ACORN a $79,819 grant in March despite a federal law that prohibits the government from giving money to ACORN?
It turns out that sum is a lowball figure.
I discovered Obama’s Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) gave ACORN another $461,086 in January.* The funds were earmarked for ACORN Housing Corp. in January under HUD’s Self-help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP), according to the government website USAspending.gov.
In order words, the Obama administration gave fraud-ridden ACORN nearly a half million dollars to be used on housing development.
The administration isn’t even trying to conceal the fact that it gave this money to ACORN. USAspending.gov identifies the recipient as “ACORN Housing Corporation Inc.” even though that nonprofit entity filed papers last year legally changing its name to Affordable Housing Centers of America (AHCOA).
The website also provides the address of record for ACORN Housing as 1024 Elysian Fields Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana. That’s the renovated funeral home that until recently served as headquarters for ACORN’s 370-plus shady affiliates.
This means the Obama administration has given at least $540,905 in taxpayer money to ACORN this calendar year alone.
The money was given to ACORN apparently in defiance of Public Law 111-117 which spells out in pretty clear terms that ACORN shouldn’t be getting any government funding.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. More grants to ACORN are bound to surface.
As I warn in my new book, Subversion Inc.: How Obama’s ACORN Red Shirts are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off American Taxpayers, ACORN is still with us, doing its best to destroy American capitalism and democracy.
The group is gearing up right now to make sure President Obama, who worked for ACORN as an employee and as its lawyer, gets reelected in 2012. Its state chapters have adopted assumed names and remain active. Project Vote, ACORN’s vote manufacturing factory, continues to operate unmolested in ACORN’s Washington, D.C. office. ACORN International (a.k.a. Community Organizations International) has spreadwide worldwide and is now operating in many countries, including Canada, Peru, Kenya, Dominican Republic, and India.
(Buy the book at Amazon. Visit the Subversion Inc. Facebook page. Follow me on Twitter.)
* Developing…
After this article was published, HUD spokesman Jereon M. Brown contacted the writer by email. Brown acknowledged the government’s USAspending.gov database reported that the $461,086 HUD grant was made to ACORN Housing, but said the award was actually rescinded. “This amount was de-obligated and recovered,” he said.
Intriguingly, ACORN Housing (a.k.a. Affordable Housing Centers of America) reports in its most recent publicly available tax return (PDF) that it took in $6,184,168 in government grants in the fiscal year that ran from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010 (see page 9 on the PDF).
Public Law 111-117, signed Dec. 16, 2009 by President Obama, states that “[n]one of the funds made available under this Act or any prior Act may be provided to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, or allied organizations.” [see p. 80 of PDF] [emphasis added]
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Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 7.11.11 @ 7:35AM
Incredible.
Our society is being managed by major and minor groups of nothing but well connected thieves.
Teflon93| 7.11.11 @ 10:26AM
Voter fraud costs money.
l5j6| 7.11.11 @ 11:33AM
Hey, if you're gonna buy elections, it costs money.
Oldefarte| 7.11.11 @ 12:03PM
This is typical of the corruption that some of us saw coming prior to November of 2008, but sadly most of us did not see and did not want to see. Well, as the old saying goes, BE CAREFUL OF WHAT YOU WISH FOR. Welcome to Politics 101 from the community organizing crowd of Chicago. The most opportune time/place to combat same will be in November of next year, and I only hope/pray that the MOST OF US that elected him have now regained their mental senses and will vote for his defeat accordingly, for all of our sakes!!!!!!!!!!!
JFGalt| 7.11.11 @ 12:48PM
Quick!
Look Surprised!!!
Clint| 7.11.11 @ 12:59PM
This is one more reason why We Tea Party Patriots are in Open Rebellion.
The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates.
Rise Up.
Occam's Tool| 7.11.11 @ 1:14PM
Dear Matthew,
Please correct me if I am wrong. The vote to defund Acorn was tied into the vote to Federalize Student Loans. In 2009. Here's the vote, folks. Please NOTE who was ABSENT! (Actions SPEAK MUCH LOUDER THAN WORDS!)
FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 718
(Democrats in roman; Republicans in italic; Independents underlined)
H R 3221 RECORDED VOTE 17-Sep-2009 2:06 PM
QUESTION: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions
BILL TITLE: Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009
Ayes Noes PRES NV
Democratic 172 75 2 6
Republican 173 5
Independent
TOTALS 345 75 2 11
---- AYES 345 ---
Ackerman
Aderholt
Adler (NJ)
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Andrews
Arcuri
Austria
Baca
Bachmann
Bachus
Baird
Barrow
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bean
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Blunt
Boccieri
Boehner
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boozman
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boustany
Boyd
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Bright
Broun (GA)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Buchanan
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Cao
Capito
Capps
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carter
Cassidy
Castle
Chaffetz
Chandler
Childers
Chu
Clay
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cohen
Cole
Conaway
Conyers
Cooper
Costello
Courtney
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Dahlkemper
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (KY)
Davis (TN)
Deal (GA)
DeFazio
DeLauro
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Dreier
Driehaus
Duncan
Edwards (TX)
Ehlers
Ellsworth
Emerson
Eshoo
Etheridge
Fallin
Farr
Flake
Fleming
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Giffords
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Gordon (TN)
Granger
Graves
Grayson
Green, Gene
Griffith
Guthrie
Gutierrez
Hall (NY)
Hall (TX)
Halvorson
Hare
Harman
Harper
Hastings (WA)
Heinrich
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Herseth Sandlin
Higgins
Hill
Himes
Hinojosa
Hodes
Hoekstra
Holden
Hoyer
Hunter
Inglis
Inslee
Israel
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan (OH)
Kagen
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilroy
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kirkpatrick (AZ)
Kissell
Klein (FL)
Kline (MN)
Kosmas
Kratovil
Lamborn
Lance
Langevin
Larson (CT)
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lee (NY)
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Linder
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Luján
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Maffei
Maloney
Manzullo
Marchant
Markey (CO)
Marshall
Massa
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McMahon
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meek (FL)
Melancon
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Miller, George
Minnick
Mitchell
Moore (KS)
Moran (KS)
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (NY)
Murphy, Patrick
Murphy, Tim
Murtha
Myrick
Napolitano
Neugebauer
Nye
Oberstar
Obey
Olson
Ortiz
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Pence
Perlmutter
Perriello
Peters
Peterson
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pomeroy
Posey
Price (GA)
Putnam
Quigley
Rehberg
Reichert
Reyes
Richardson
Rodriguez
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothman (NJ)
Royce
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Salazar
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schauer
Schiff
Schmidt
Schock
Schrader
Schwartz
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Sestak
Shadegg
Shea-Porter
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Skelton
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Souder
Space
Speier
Spratt
Stearns
Stupak
Sullivan
Sutton
Taylor
Teague
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Turner
Upton
Van Hollen
Visclosky
Walden
Walz
Wamp
Wasserman Schultz
Weiner
Welch
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (OH)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Wu
Yarmuth
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
---- NOES 75 ---
Baldwin
Becerra
Brady (PA)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capuano
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (IL)
DeGette
Delahunt
Doyle
Edwards (MD)
Ellison
Engel
Fattah
Filner
Fudge
Green, Al
Grijalva
Hinchey
Hirono
Holt
Honda
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Johnson, E. B.
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kucinich
Larsen (WA)
Lee (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Lynch
Markey (MA)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
Meeks (NY)
Mollohan
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Nadler (NY)
Neal (MA)
Olver
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Polis (CO)
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sánchez, Linda T.
Schakowsky
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sherman
Sires
Slaughter
Stark
Thompson (MS)
Towns
Tsongas
Velázquez
Waters
Watson
Waxman
Wexler
Woolsey
---- ANSWERED “PRESENT” 2 ---
Hastings (FL)
Watt
---- NOT VOTING 11 ---
Abercrombie
Barrett (SC)
Clarke
Connolly (VA)
Costa
Frank (MA)
McHugh
Nunes
Paul [EMPHASIS ADDED BY OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
Radanovich
Tanner
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Ron Paul AGAIN no shows! Bachmann votes to defund Acorn!
So, let's count so far---besides his porking around with earmarks, Ron Paul has voted for Foreign Aid to Hamas and DIDN'T show up on a vote to defund ACORN! I guess he's too old to be President, what with all the siestas!
Clint| 7.11.11 @ 1:42PM
You're A Slandering liar Screwball Israel Firster PropagandaBoy Tool Job,
Dr.Ron Paul Never Votes For Appropriation Bills.
"In March of 2011 Congressman Paul appeared on MSNBC and stated that the federal government should not be involved in granting loans to students. Congressman Paul notes that there is not right to an education and that if someone desires an education they should work to pay for that schooling. "
"Congressman Paul believes that the federal government does not have the constitutional authority to create and maintain a national education system and that the department of education should be mostly dissolved. He supports vouchers over the current system, but favors school systems being run by local governments. He is an advocate of home-schooling.
In 1988, Congressman Paul stated in an interview that the federal government should be removed from education and a private school system should be enacted. He cited the poor track record for government involvement in education and the lack of legal authority. He notes that ending the public school system all together would be difficult and called for a voucher system to allow students to select their schools."
The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates.
Carpe Diem.