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Congress stays on top of important issues: Defunds ACORN
Five Things To Know About Congress' $1 Trillion Spending Bill
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3. It defunds the now-defunct group ACORN -- again
Remember ACORN, the community activist group that got into some voter registration controversies and became a favorite target of Republicans upon spawning conspiracy theories that it stole the 2008 election? The omnibus spending bill goes out of its way to prohibit federal funding of the group, even though it ceased to exist in 2010.
"None of the funds made available under this Act may be distributed to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries," the bill declares.
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3. It defunds the now-defunct group ACORN -- again
Remember ACORN, the community activist group that got into some voter registration controversies and became a favorite target of Republicans upon spawning conspiracy theories that it stole the 2008 election? The omnibus spending bill goes out of its way to prohibit federal funding of the group, even though it ceased to exist in 2010.
"None of the funds made available under this Act may be distributed to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries," the bill declares.
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