Stop All Federal Funding of ACORN

House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today is introducing legislation the Defund ACORN Act to sever all ties between the federal government and the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). At the same time, House Republicans are also sending a letter to President Obama asking him to take action to end taxpayer funding of ACORN. Boehner issued the following statement:

It is evident that ACORN is incapable of using federal funds in a manner that is consistent with the law. Immediate action is necessary to ensure that no additional tax dollars are directed to ACORN. Simply put, ACORN should not receive another penny of American taxpayers money.

It is outrageous that ACORN continues to receive taxpayer dollars after repeated revelations of corruption and potentially criminal activity. House Republicans are responding and taking action to terminate all federal funding to ACORN and its affiliates. Weve asked the President to end all federal funding of ACORN and if the administration does not act, we have a bill to stop federal funding of ACORN once and for all.

I support the Census Bureaus decision to end its relationship with ACORN, and believe it is vital that all other federal agencies follow its example. All ties between the federal government and ACORN and its affiliates must be cut, whether those ties consist of partnerships or the awarding of federal funds, including federal funds distributed through state and local governments from federal block grants.

This is a matter of common sense and respect for taxpayer dollars.

NOTE: An analysis of federal data by the Office of the Republican Leader staff determined that ACORN has received more than $53 million in direct funding from the federal government since 1994, and has likely received substantially more indirectly through states and localities that receive federal block grants. Today House Republicans, led by led Boehner, are sending a letter to President Obama asking him to use his authority to end all funding to and break all government ties with ACORN. Boehner also sent a letter to President Bush, and a letter to then-Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Steven Preston, last year requesting that they block funding to ACORN.

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[CommentaryUSA]

After we defund ACORN, we should get Congress to give back all their undeserved raises over the last decade. Why should people who have bankrupted this country be rewarded with a raise.?

Join the Constitution Party.

[sandijay4]

This is NOT a Democrat or Republican issue! This is a taxpayer issue! Taxpayers need to get involved and get the corrupt radicals out of government and defund them.

[mueygringo]

@broadjumper1 Lets fac it BOYJUMPER if that were a boner you would have it covered with your lips! BAhahahahahahhaha

[ECwashr]

Boehner is full of shit. He's like everyone else, stuck up USURPER Obama's ass. Barry, Mr ACORN obama, IS STILL FUNDING ACORN! HE IS ACORN!! HE TRAINED ACORN, HE WAS AN ACORN ATTORNEY!! Community Organizer, what a crock of shit! Thats someone who is trying to destroy the system, cout da ta, a TRAITOR! You know who was also a community organizer? Joe Stalin, yep, for Lenin, look it up. Obama and Holder should be ARRESTED for handing AK-47s to Mexican drug lords!! Barry biggest TRAITOR in US Hist

[durhamdf]

@WilhelmHelmut Dude who gives a fuck they are out of bussiness, and anyways the fraud investigations found no evidence of institutionalized fraud. Only a few cases of low level employees committing fraud. If that is you logic, then we need to close down every single bank and insurance group in the world!

[WilhelmHelmut]

why should federal funding be granted to an organization that performs illegal actions?...obama has been exposed as the biggest scumbag ever in office and msnbc still covers up for this corrupt illegal alien...he listened to revered wright all his life...that's all i needed not to vote for him

[maciindrew]

yep, and his skin cancer treatment in 10 years... sad...

[MrJamesL100]

let us not forget that our tax dollars pay for his tanning bed. YUCK

[maciindrew]

Boner is a despicable human, never have been sure why he and others were concerned about a community group that only gets $3.5 million a year in fed funding. It doesn't make sense.

[MrJamesL100]

Boehner was the one in tears begging for the Wall St. bailout while on the same token is so concerned about ACORN.

[maciindrew]

Obama in tears? Yeah right!

It's good the bailout passed... It saved our butts, plus we made $10 Billion in profit in the process.

[MrJamesL100]

the problem with him here is that on one side he's all fiscal, there is also a video of him virtually in tears begging Congress to pass Paulson's version of the Wall St. bailout.