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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHouse Republicans To Defund ACORN Again, Even Though It No Longer Exists
House Republicans To Defund ACORN Again, Even Though It Still Does Not Exist
Posted: 06/04/2013 12:37 pm EDT
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are scheduled to vote on two separate budget bills this week, each of which would reject funding for the poverty activism group ACORN, despite the fact that ACORN disbanded three years ago.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/04/defund-acorn_n_3384060.html
Posted: 06/04/2013 12:37 pm EDT
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are scheduled to vote on two separate budget bills this week, each of which would reject funding for the poverty activism group ACORN, despite the fact that ACORN disbanded three years ago.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/04/defund-acorn_n_3384060.html
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House Republicans To Defund ACORN Again, Even Though It No Longer Exists (Original Post)
Cali_Democrat
Jun 2013
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NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)1. Those people deserve a zap with a cattle prod
Stupid Repuke fucks
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)2. How long would you have your job, if you never did any current work
and only wanted to critique work that was done 3 years ago?
Bookkeeper to boss: "well, I know the current quarterly report was due yesterday, but I have been too busy reviewing the year end reports from 2009"
Boss: "WTF?"
BainsBane
(53,122 posts)3. Unreal, what idiots.
rustydog
(9,186 posts)4. I always wondered what exactly "Beating a dead horse" meant
Well, this is the textbook definition.
Jumpin' Jesus, these GOP (Goobers On Patrol) bastards just don't stop kicking even when something is not in existence anymore.
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)5. it`s a great fund raiser for the blue hair`s and baldies...
they will get a big scary speech about THOSE PEOPLE and whip out their checkbooks.