Sept. 22, 2009 – 7:59 p.m.
Reid Rejects GOP Call for ACORN Hearings
By Kathleen Hunter


Majority Leader Harry Reid rebuffed a Republican request that he call Senate hearings and an investigation into recent allegations against the scandal-tainted community organizing group ACORN.

Reid, D-Nev., said Tuesday that he would not ask the Senate committee chairmen or Congress “to do anything that would distract from efforts to addressâ€