By Matthew Vadum
Why is President Obama apparently defying federal law by funding ACORN?
Judicial Watch discovered that the Obama administration is flouting the will of Congress by giving federal taxpayer money to ACORN.
Obama's Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) gave a $79,819 grant to the largest branch of the ACORN tree, ACORN Housing Corp. (AHC). AHC filed papers last year legally changing its name to Affordable Housing Centers of America (AHCOA). It's the same old organization with a brand new ACORN-free name.
Worse yet, the grant funds a political agitation and indoctrination program. Here's HUD's euphemistic description of the program:
Education and Outreach Initiative grants (EOI) - HUD awarded $6.8 million to organizations that educate the public and housing providers about their rights and obligations under federal, state, and local fair housing laws. Groups will also conduct fair lending workshops, community meetings, and individual counseling activities focused on homeowners at risk for discrimination.
According to HUD, the grant money came out of fiscal 2010 appropriations.
That's a big problem.
As I reported previously, in 2009 Congress passed four separate appropriations bills that contained language blocking federal funds from flowing to ACORN during federal fiscal year 2010, which ran from Oct. 1, 2009 through Sept. 30, 2010. All four of the laws prevent ACORN and its affiliated groups from receiving federal taxpayer dollars.
The funding prohibition in Public Law 111-117 (PDF) applies specifically to HUD. It spells out in pretty clear terms that ACORN shouldn't be getting any government funding. Let's see just how clearly it spells it out:
Division A - Section 418. None 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. [p. 80 of PDF]
Division B - Section 534. None of the funds made available under this Act may be distributed to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries. [p. 125 of PDF]
Division E - Section 511. None of the funds made available in this division or any other division in this Act may be distributed to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries. [p. 279 of PDF]
Yet despite the ban, President Obama, who worked for ACORN as an employee and as the group's lawyer, found it in his heart to hand over $79,819 of your money to his thug friends at ACORN.
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 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.
You've been warned.
Note: This article is reprinted from 'The Ameriucan Spectator' of June 30, 2011.
This the same ACORN that has had many of its personnel indited for voter fraud after the last presidential election -- The same ACORN for which Barack Obama worked as a 'Comunity Orgabnizer' -- WD.
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6 comments:
A crook is a crook!
Obama has spent more than $300 Billion of tax payer dollars to buy reelection.
He called it 'Stimulus'
The Bastard thinks that he is not bound by laws or congressional actions.
He operates as a Dictator.
Why not! The media covers for him and the liberals in Congress will never impeach him.
Are you referring to "Baby Hugo"?
A crook is a crook!
Obama has spent more than $300 Billion of tax payer dollars to buy reelection.
He called it 'Stimulus'
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I'm sorry, I guess when Bush gave out stimulus checks, it was simply to help bounce back the economy? I never got a letter stating if I accepted, I had to vote for Obama.
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The Bastard thinks that he is not bound by laws or congressional actions.
He operates as a Dictator.
Why not! The media covers for him and the liberals in Congress will never impeach him.
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I have never seen a dictator voted into office and only stay for their allotted terms. I'm also pretty sure that if he was breaking any laws, there would be more out rage about it. With all the hate going around for our president, you would think that if he did do something illegal, people like you would have enough voice to get him tried.
Also, last I checked, there were 240 Republicans in congress. This outnumbers the 193 democrats. Seems the majority would have no issue over ruling the "dirty liberals" unless, you are just spouting hateful nonsense that you hear on Fox "news".
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So is this site mainly anti-Obama nuts or is it primarily pro Palin nuts? If you are referring to the comment Palin made, "Obama's Death Panel Could Kill My Down Syndrome Baby"? It's funny because the regulations he wanted to implement would of prevented a child born with or developing at a young age, a disorder from being declined by insurance. Whatever though. If you are willing to use your handicapped kid for politics, more power to you I guess. You're all nut jobs. Go to school. Get an education. Stop watching Fox "news" and think for yourself.
Is anyone really surprised?
Hey, they gave millions to get him elected!
He needs to get them a bankroll to do it again.
$360 Billion of stimulus went to payback his supporters and he is only asking that they slush out $1 Billion for the 2012 election.
That means that American tax payers will have spent at least $360 Billion to reelect BO. We didn’t have to join a Union either.
What a deal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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