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Justice Department Says Acorn Can Be Paid for Pre-Ban Contracts (Millions more to ACORN)
NY Times ^
| 11-27-09
| CHARLIE SAVAGE
Posted on 11/28/2009 6:03:41 AM PST by bronzey
A Housing and Urban Development Department lawyer asked the Justice Department whether the new law meant that pre-existing contracts with Acorn should be broken. And in a memorandum signed Oct. 23 and posted online this week, Mr. Barron said the government should continue to make payments to Acorn as required by such contracts.
The new law should not be read as directing or authorizing HUD to breach a pre-existing binding contractual obligation to make payments to Acorn or its affiliates, subsidiaries or allied organizations where doing so would give rise to contractual liability, Mr. Barron wrote.
The deputy director of national operations for Acorn, Brian Kettenring, praised Mr. Barrons decision.
We are pleased that commitments will be honored relative to Acorns work to help keep Americas working families facing foreclosure in their homes, Mr. Kettenring said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: acorn; acornnetwork; acornnutwork; barrysoetorobuds; bhodoj; briankettenring; crime; criminalenterprise; cultureofcorruption; cw2; fundingtheleft; holder4childslavery; holder4fraud; holder4pimps; kettenring; obama; ourtaxdollarsatwork; taxpayers
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We are pleased that commitments will be honored relative to Acorns work to help keep Americas working families facing foreclosure in their homes, Mr. Kettenring said.
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posted on
11/28/2009 6:03:42 AM PST
by
bronzey
To: bronzey
Can a Republican Senator/Representative request a CompGen decision from Treasury?
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posted on
11/28/2009 6:06:27 AM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Sarah Palin - For such a time as this)
To: bronzey
To: bronzey
I don’t believe Congress can be compelled to fund ANYTHING not even by the judicial branch.
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posted on
11/28/2009 6:09:35 AM PST
by
omega4179
(0 is an embarrassment to us all.)
To: bronzey
No racism at work here, huh???
To: omega4179
This appears to be little more than a fiscal advisory opinion and does not carry the weight of law. That is the Treasury Departments job.
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posted on
11/28/2009 6:11:37 AM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Sarah Palin - For such a time as this)
To: bronzey
Republican blasts ACORN reprieveBut Representative Darrell Issa ... said "the bipartisan intent of Congress was clear -- no more federal dollars should flow to ACORN." "It is telling that this administration continues to look for every excuse possible to circumvent the intent of Congress,""Taxpayers should not have to continue subsidizing a criminal enterprise that helped Barack Obama get elected president."
The politicization of the Justice Department to payback one of the presidents political allies is shameful.....
I myself would add criminal!
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posted on
11/28/2009 6:12:01 AM PST
by
Just A Nobody
( (Better Dead than RED! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA))
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posted on
11/28/2009 6:14:33 AM PST
by
Just A Nobody
( (Better Dead than RED! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA))
To: bronzey
And in a memorandum signed Oct. 23 and posted online this week, Mr. Barron said the government should continue to make payments to Acorn as required by such contracts. Of course in the case of GM and Chrysler bond holders, you're SOL.
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posted on
11/28/2009 6:15:16 AM PST
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Freedom's Fortress")
To: bronzey
We all knew the ban on ACORN was a joke and they would find a way around it.
At least most of us did.
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posted on
11/28/2009 6:18:58 AM PST
by
Venturer
To: bronzey
For some reason, I’ve reached a certain “tipping point” because of these payments to ACORN. Rev. Wright’s words, “God dxmn America” came to mind with one difference: Substitute “Democrats” for America. I’m fed up with them. They’re as crooked as a dog’s hind leg.
To: bronzey
Throw out every politician in Washington D.C. - there is ABSOULTELY NO ACCOUNTABILITY TO AMERICAN CITIZENS.
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posted on
11/28/2009 6:27:54 AM PST
by
Cheerio
(Barack Hussein 0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
To: bronzey; All
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posted on
11/28/2009 6:29:59 AM PST
by
OKSooner
("He's quite mad, you know." - Sean Connery to Honor Blackman in "Goldfinger".)
To: bronzey
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posted on
11/28/2009 6:35:22 AM PST
by
depressed in 06
(ZerOcare: Bureaucratic best practices equals death panels.)
To: omega4179
I dont believe Congress can be compelled to fund ANYTHING not even by the judicial branch.
Certainly NOT. If they are co-equal branches of the Government, one cannot dictate to the other.
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posted on
11/28/2009 6:35:26 AM PST
by
Cheerio
(Barack Hussein 0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
To: Cheerio
You must know the executive branch could simply raid Me-Shell's shoe fund and keep ACORN flush into 2011.
HF
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posted on
11/28/2009 6:44:00 AM PST
by
holden
To: bronzey
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posted on
11/28/2009 7:37:29 AM PST
by
Flag_This
(ACORN delenda est)
To: bronzey
Mr. Brietbart, please open the flood gates, these guys just never get it do they?
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posted on
11/28/2009 8:27:07 AM PST
by
big bad easter bunny
(I live so far beyond my means; it could be said that we live apart.)
To: bronzey
They misspelled the Just Us Department.
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posted on
11/28/2009 8:48:59 AM PST
by
savedbygrace
(You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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posted on
11/28/2009 10:07:04 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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