Thread: Acorn dispersing resources....

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ACORN Dispersing Resources to SEIU, other Liberal Groups, House Probe Finds
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
By Fred Lucas, Staff Writer


Steve Kest, executive director of ACORN, right, and ACORN member Hugh Alleyne. (AP photo)
(CNSNews.com) – ACORN, the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now, is in the process of changing its name and has already transferred many of its resources to several other left-wing advocacy and political groups, according to a report released Tuesday by Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

While the Justice Department has said that federal housing funds should continue to flow to ACORN, several congressmen, in a joint hearing of the House Oversight Committee and the Judiciary Committee, said they want a special prosecutor to investigate the group's use of taxpayer dollars.

Several weeks back, Congress included in the Continuing Appropriations Resolution for 2010 a provision that bars federal funds to ACORN and its “affiliates, subsidiaries or allied organizations.â€

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