Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Report Finds ACORN Broke No Laws - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com

Report Finds ACORN Broke No Laws - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com:

The controversial community organizing group Acorn has not broken any laws in the last five years, according to a Congressional Research Service report released Tuesday evening.

The report, requested by Representative John Conyers, Democrat of Michigan, said that federal agencies, mainly the Departments of Justice and Housing and Urban Development, have awarded money to the group 48 times since 2005. But, in none of those instances did Acorn violate the terms of their funding, the report said.

Since the 2008 elections, the group, which works primarily to expand voter registration and affordable housing, has become a key Republican target. ...

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