HOUSE VOTES ~ 345 to 75 to DE-Fund Acorn

[melensdad]

A win for the good guys

**BREAKING** House Votes to Cut All Funds to ACORN
by Publius
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) offered the Defund-ACORN bill to the Student Loans bill. The House vote convincingly to cut ALL federal funds to ACORN.
Vote: 345 to 75.​

Big Government Blog Archive **BREAKING** House Votes to Cut All Funds to ACORN

Now, for those of you keeping track, ACORN receives a lot of its funding from the STATES who provide it via FEDERAL BLOCK GRANT FUNDS that the STATES then break up and disperse to various organizations. It will be interesting to see if this amendment prevents the states from using block grant funds from the federal government to continue to fund ACORN. I will be curious to see the actual wording of the amendment.

 

[rambone]

Thanks for keeping us posted. Hopefully this is sufficient to cripple their corrupt organization.

 

[Spot Me 2]

1 battle won. We are beginning to take our country back!!!!!

 

[don't_tread_on_me]

Now if we could just get rid of the 75 idoits that voted against de-funding them. I'd like to hear their explanations for voting to continue to fund this corrupt group of slugs! Let's hope this is just the beginning of taking our country back! 1 czar down and now ACORN is on the ropes.

 

[wtfd661]

Good deal

 

[IndyGunworks]

Now if we could just get rid of the 75 idoits that voted against de-funding them. I'd like to hear their explanations for voting to continue to fund this corrupt group of slugs! Let's hope this is just the beginning of taking our country back! 1 czar down and now ACORN is on the ropes.

my thoughts exactly... clearly this is a black and white issue... eve then dems think so, so its not about party lines... those 75 were probably recieving some sort of money for the next campaigns... i would LOVE to hear why they voted no.

 

[Spot Me 2]

Do we have a list of the 75??

 

[femurphy77]

Yeah but I wonder if the MSM will cover this or if it'll get back-burnered like the original story(ies)? Kinda makes them look like bigger idiots now!!

 

[WabashMX5]

... clearly this is a black and white issue...

See? Proof we're all racists -- like anyone who dares criticize Our Beloved Leader, his policies, or his cronies.

But seriously, hoorah for REAL "common sense," even for one fraction of a second, from Congress.

 

[redneckmedic]

:fawk: ACORN


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[Disposable Heart]

Yeah but I wonder if the MSM will cover this or if it'll get back-burnered like the original story(ies)? Kinda makes them look like bigger idiots now!!

Maybe. What will happen is the specialized shows wont let it go though. If its a liberal show (or similar media outlet), they will scream bloody murder over the "racist" action just taken. They get a big "meh" from me anyways.

I am happy that Congress is finally beginning to understand the mistakes of allowing private organizations, non-profit or not, to run rampant with Federal, state or local money. Folks can send their money where they want, doesn't matter to me, but when it's tax money, earmarked for a greater purpose (like defense, social programs that work and don't promote illegal activities, education), that grinds me gears.

Unfortunately, the damage Acorn has propagated (helping Obama election) has been done. Seems the current government (Congress and Presidential) had their spree of change, now they spend most of their time reacting to and putting out fires they created in their ferver to get elected by undereducated and misinformed voters.

 

[koenig clone]

just so you know this amendment was tucked into a bill allowing a government takeover of the student loan industry. not much of a win when it is in perspective.

 

[DBH]

This is at least something positive.

 

[koenig clone]

i agree. better than nothing.

 

[rambone]

just so you know this amendment was tucked into a bill allowing a government takeover of the student loan industry. not much of a win when it is in perspective.

Can you provide a link/article/source? Those sneaky bastards...

 

[jedi]

Don't jump up & down yet and SE put away those celebration glasses.
Only the HOUSE passed a bill. We still have to worry about the SENTAE and I6BO.
I wonder if I6BO will indeed cut the hand that helped him.

 

[JR50]

Here's who voted Yea and Nay:

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
Democratic

172​

75​

2​

6​

Republican​

173​

5​

Independent​

TOTALS​

YES 345​

No 75​

Present 2​

Not Voting11​

---- 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
Radanovich
Tanner​

 

[JR50]

WOW! Sorry about that! The formatting Really went nuts

 

[Robert Richardson]

Of course Andre Carson voted NO.....

 

[nate77]

just so you know this amendment was tucked into a bill allowing a government takeover of the student loan industry. not much of a win when it is in perspective.

It's a win win for the hard left, they get nationalized student loans, and with the damage done to the ACORN name, they can just move that money to the next community organization, or just give ACORN a rebirth under a new name.