Senate votes to deny funds to ACORN

And you thought all we had to be thankful for was Monday Night Football! Man-oh-man – what wonderful news for our Republic.

Of course, there needs to be an amendment to the bill to tie the ban to any future organization that has any ACORN executive associated with it. Hey, wonder if that would include any in the current administration?

WASHINGTON AP – The Senate voted Monday to block the Housing and Urban Development Department from giving grants to ACORN, a community organization under fire in several voter-registration fraud cases.

The 83-7 vote would deny housing and community grant funding to ACORN, which stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.

via Senate votes to deny funds to ACORN.

Update from Michelle Malkin:

Here are the ignominious ACORN sex ring enablers….

Burris (D-IL)
Casey (D-PA)
Durbin (D-IL)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Leahy (D-VT)
Sanders (I-VT)
Whitehouse (D-RI)

Full roll call vote here. 9 not voting…

Burr (R-NC)
Byrd (D-WV)
Coburn (R-OK)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hutchison (R-TX)
McCain (R-AZ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Vitter (R-LA)

Of course the question of the hour is why are they NOT voting?? Hum?

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