Oh the shock and amazment. Yes today the House of Representatives joins the Senate and California Governor Schwartzenagger in ending the funding of ACORN. Well most of the Senate, and most of the House.
This of course is the reaction to 5 videos from across the country (Baltimore, Brooklyn, San Bernadino, San Diego, and Washington D.C.) presenting ACORN workers as they promote and advocate brothels, the use of illegal aliens and sex slavery. Which says nothing of the voter registration fraud the organization has been in and out of courtrooms for, over 8 years in 9 States.
Even the most successful community organizer, President Obama – through Press Secretary Gibbs – denounced the actions presented in the various videos. The pressure has been so great that ACORN has moved from denials of wrong-doing, to threats of lawsuit, to now starting an “internal, independant” investigation.
But the decision to defund ACORN has not been unanimous. Even with explicit video evidence of wrong-doing – advocating prostitution and defrauding the Government – some Senators and Representatives seem to be more concerned with defending a political ally (and campaign contributor) than standing up for their constituents.
Notable for me, and New York voters is Senator Gillibrand who with 6 other Senators stood by ACORN over constituents. But the list in the House is far larger and decidedly political. 75 Democrats were the only ones to vote to allow ACORN to keep its taxpayer funding. Again I note that New York Representative Hinchey, who is my Representative, felt the same political need to support ACORN over voters.
This is something that I hope all New York voters remember during the 2010 mid-term elections, as Rep. Hinchey and Senator Gillibrand are up for re-election.
The other Representatives that voted for bringing prostitution, illegal immigration, underage sex slavery, and tax evasion via ACORN to a community near you are (by State):
Arizona –
Grijalua
California –
Honda
Roybal-Allard
Linda Sanchez
Sherman
Stark
Waters
Watson
Waxman
Woolsey
**Speaker Pelosi declined to vote – and said it was up to House-Senate negotiators to determine whether the provision to cut funding would be in the final version of the bill. Meaning she is seeking a way to ensure ACORN keeps its funding even with these votes.**
Colorado –
Polis
Florida –
Corrine, Castor, Wexler
Georgia –
Lewis, Scott
Hawaii –
Hirono
Illinois –
Davis, Jackson, Rush, Schakowsky
Indiana –
Carson
Maryland –
Cummings, Edwards
Massachusetts –
Capuano, Delahunt, Lynch, Markey, McGovern, Neal, Olver, Tsongas
Michigan –
Kilpatrick
Minnesota –
McCollum, Ellison
Mississippi –
Thompson
New Jersey –
Holt, Pallone, Pascrell, Payne, Sires
New York –
Crowley, Engel, **Hinchey**, Meeks, Nadler, Rangel – who has his own monetary and ethical issues, Serrano, Slaughter, Towns, Velazquez
North Carolina –
Butterfield
Ohio –
Fudge, Kucinich
Pennsylvania –
Brady, Doyle, Fattah
South Carolina –
Clyburn
Texas –
Al Green, Jackson-Lee, E.B. Johnson
Virginia –
Moran, Scott
Washington –
Larsen, McDermott
West Virginia –
Mollohan, Rahall
Wisconsin –
Baldwin, Moore
You might want to review this list as political ads asking you to re-elect them in the 2010 mid-term elections start to flood your airwaves over the next 11 months.
Comment as founds at Breaking News Blog, where I am a contributing author.
Logan Says:
September 18th, 2009 at 11:07 am e
I have been lucky (or unlucky) enough to move into Shiela Jackson-Lee’s district in Houston since the last election. I’m hoping that we are finally able to vote her out as nothing she has done in nearly a decade has done anything to better the lives of her constituents. She is elected purely because she is a black lady. I’m starting to wonder if she has ACORN helping her out with fraudulent registrations. And of course Maxine Waters would vote for ACORN, she thinks that Che and Fidel Castro (both mass murderers) are heros and idols.
Comment as found at Breaking News Blog, Where I am a contributing author.
Dave Says:
September 18th, 2009 at 12:03 pm e
I hope they are ALL VOTED OUT. I think since they are all Federal employees, like we vote for the President, we all should be able to vote them out or in.