Why am I not surprised that Barack Obama and the Dems snuck a multi-billion dollar gift to his buds at ACORN inside his monstrosity of a “stimulus spending bill” ??? If your wake-up bell hasn’t been rung loudly enough, perhaps this will do the trick. It doesn’t matter that ACORN’s under investigation! They’re pros at securing federal funding!

Pelosi and the gang’s trillion dollar spending bill, approved on January 21 by the Appropriations Committee, and headed to the House floor next week for a vote, could open billions of taxpayer dollars to left-wing groups like the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). ACORN has been accused of perpetrating voter registration fraud NUMEROUS times in the last several elections; is reportedly under federal investigation; and played a key role in the irresponsible schemes that caused a financial meltdown that has cost American taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars since last fall. Ah, but ACORN has friends in very high places.

House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) is NOT a fan, and he and other Republicans are asking a simple question:

“What does this have to do with job creation? Are Congressional Democrats really going to borrow money from our children and grandchildren to give handouts to ACORN in the name of economic “stimulus?” Incredibly, the Democrats’ bill makes groups like ACORN eligible for a $4.19 billion pot of money for “neighborhood stabilization activities.” Funds for this purpose were authorized in the Housing and Economic Recovery Act, signed into law in 2008. However, these funds were limited to state and local governments. Now House Democrats are taking the unprecedented step of making ACORN and other groups eligible for these funds. And ACORN’s people are pros at securing CDBG funds.

The House Democrats’ trillion dollar spending bill also includes $1 billion for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. CDBG funds are given by the federal government to state and local governments which often contract with nonprofits for services related to the purpose of the grant. Audit reports filed by ACORN’s headquarters with the Office of Management and Budget show that ACORN spent $1,588,599 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program funds from FY 2003 through FY 2007. It is not clear from these records when or from what source the funds were awarded to ACORN.

Boehner repeatedly urged President Bush and other federal officials to withhold taxpayer funds from ACORN, including $17.2 million in federal grants awarded in December 2008 after numerous allegations of major cheating in connection with ACORN’s election activities were reported by the media.

Boehner also released a study of federal records in October 2008, listing tens of millions in federal grants received by ACORN. A new updated and more expansive study reveals that ACORN has actually received millions more than first thought. A review of the Federal Register and news releases issued by federal agencies showed that ACORN was awarded more than $53 million in taxpayer dollars. This amount does not reflect the millions more ACORN has received in federal block grant funds awarded to state and local agencies which passed them on to ACORN.

Okay, super Right Soupers. It’s time for us to get BACK on the phone, write the letters, and clog up the email in-boxes. Conservatives in Congress need to stand up TOGETHER on this plan, and block it every way they can. The Dems are arguing for haste, haste, haste. Well you know what they say about haste…it makes waste. Waste is certainly what Obama and the Dems are stuffing into their spending plans. Click here to find your House Representatives and your Senators. It’s easy, just type in your zip code. DO IT FOR OUR COUNTRY! Just say NO!!!

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