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Posted on 10/28/2009 6:28:31 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
CORN may be barred from federal money, but it can still received donations from federal employees participating in the Combined Federal Campaign, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management said.
An organization affiliated with ACORN is still eligible for charitable donations through a federal program for government employees, despite complaints that the program violates recent legislation targeting the now-scandalized community group.
The affiliate organization, the ACORN Institute, will not be barred from participating in the Combined Federal Campaign, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management said. The program encourages federal employees to give to local charities.
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, raised concerns earlier this month over the government's refusal to omit the ACORN Institute from the campaign. But Personnel Management Director John Berry said in a letter delivered to Grassley that the institute is legally eligible to receive donations through the program.
Congress voted to strip ACORN of federal funding in September after two independent filmmakers posed as a pimp and a prostitute and recorded undercover videos that appear to show counselors at several ACORN offices around the country telling them how to skirt tax and immigration laws.
The House's Defund ACORN Act prohibits any "federal contract grant, cooperative agreement or any other form of agreement (including a memorandum of understanding)" from being awarded to or entered into with the group. It also prohibits federal funds "in any other form" from being provided. The Senate's Protect Taxpayers from ACORN Act blocks the group from receiving taxpayer dollars.
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I stopped giving to United Way and CFC long ago. If ACORN is good enough for them and the Boy Scouts of America is not, I want nothing to do with them.
good post
I’m sure that “60 Minutes” will air this one out.../s
“If ACORN is good enough for them and the Boy Scouts of America is not, I want nothing to do with them.”
If you lived in St. Louis, you’d be happy with both organizations. The Greater St. Louis United Way includes two local Boy Scouts of America groups and GatewayCFC includes five Boy Scouts of America groups. ACORN is not supported by either organization.
I agree 100%.
ACORN IS a criminal organization.
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