Fallout for ACORN

ACORN has been playing heavy defense the last couple of days over the videos posted by independent filmmaker James O'Keefe. Their workers gave all kinds of helpful advice, like how to lie to the IRS, skirt the laws, run a prostitution ring under the guise of "exotic dancing" and how to keep underage girls from El Salvador for prostitution without getting caught.

• The Census Bureau decided to pull ACORN from their roster of helpers (1).


• House Minority Leader John Boehner introduced legislation Tuesday that would break all federal government ties with ACORN (2).


• Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., wrote Attorney General Eric Holder requesting an investigation by the Justice Department. He cited reports that ACORN may "have been engaged in illegal activity" by aiding and abetting tax evasion, prostitution, human trafficking, fraud and conspiracy. The Justice Department did not immediately comment on Johanns' letter (3).


• A call for a congressional probe came from Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., ranking Republican on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (4).


• The Senate voted 83-7 Monday to cut off the group from Housing and Urban Development grants (5).


• House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer suggested Tuesday that he would consider taking the kind of action taken by the Senate. "I want to look at that. The Senate responded overwhelmingly," the Maryland Democrat said. He called the ACORN workers' actions "despicable." (6)

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