ACORN Shielded By Liberals Yet Again

Congress Protects ACORN Again

By Matthew Vadum
Friday, July 24, 2009

ACORN critic Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) says ACORN sympathizers in Congress have slapped down for the seventh time his efforts to block the radical activist group from receiving taxpayer funds.

I’m kind of busy right now so I’ll let the press release that I received a few minutes ago speak for the congressman:
ACORN Shielded By Liberals Yet Again

Rules Committee Blocks Amendment to Keep ACORN from Receiving Taxpayer Money

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Steve King today introduced an amendment to the Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill prohibiting any taxpayer money in the bill from going to ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) or any of its 174 affiliates. Liberals on the House Rules Committee ruled King’s amendment out of order. This is the seventh amendment addressing ACORN liberals have denied King from offering. King has previously introduced amendments to keep ACORN from receiving taxpayer money and to bar ACORN from helping with the 2010 census.

“John Conyers is right: the ‘powers that be’ in this Congress will do all they can to protect ACORN,â€