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Sen. Cantor said it during an interview on Fox News with Martha MacCallum (Live Desk show)today. Martha made the comment that ACORN was involved in all kinds of voter fraud alligations and she wanted to know if ACORN was still in the Bailout Bill and Cantor said Boehner had removed that provision from the Bill.

Now I am wondering if Cantor was just talking about the Republican version of the Bill? I don't know but I found the followng: The Hill

Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) said centrists would vote for a bill to rescue the financial institutions that did not include funds for the community activist group ACORN.

“In the end, the bill has to be done. I think that’s where they were — we need action; the moderates are kind of in a split right now,” he said, explaining that they believe that money for ACORN or unnecessary earmarks should not be included. Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) also told reporters that money for ACORN should not be included in the bill.

“A plan that makes sure that the taxpayer is protected, it’s gotta have a loan provision, it’s gotta have a buyout provision and it’s gotta have an insurance provision, it’s gotta have some point of equity and it can’t fund ACORN.”

Shays added, “If the taxpayer isn’t protected, you are not going to have any votes in that conference.”