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dtotire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 04:33 PM
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CRS report: ACORN didn't break law
CRS report: ACORN didn't break law

A Congressional Research Service report commissioned by the House Judiciary Committee says ACORN hasn’t violated any federal regulations the past five years.

The report, released by Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers’s (D-Mich.) staff Tuesday evening, also reports that the undercover filmmakers that allegedly caught employees of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now breaking the law may have violated state law in their filming operation.

Separately on Tuesday, a New York federal judge rejected a motion from the Justice Department to reconsider a decision that ruled a bill that stopped funding for ACORN as an unconstitutional bill of attainder.

The CRS report is part of a slew of government inquests into the group, which was swept up in a number of embarrassing situations in the past several months. The Government Accountability Office recently opened its own report, and Republican Reps. Darrell Issa of California and Steve King of Iowa have led the charge in demanding more investigations and hearings into the group.

more:
http://www.politico.com/reporters/JakeSherman.html
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frebrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 04:41 PM
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1. Kick!
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JohnWxy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 04:44 PM
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2. ANY BETS ON WHETHER THIS GETS AIR TIME ON M$M??? ..
Edited on Wed Dec-23-09 04:45 PM by JohnWxy
here's a link straight tto the story:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30919.html

" The report, released by Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers’s (D-Mich.) staff Tuesday evening, also reports that the undercover filmmakers that allegedly caught employees of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now breaking the law may have violated state law in their filming operation.




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glinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 06:04 PM
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5. That is what I have been waiting for. Doubt it will happen. Conservative control
of the media likes to damage but not to correct or set the story straight. It accomplished what it wanted, which was political.
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seattle_blue Donating Member (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 06:34 PM
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6. The only place
that I've seen this reported is on the DU............
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ihavenobias Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 07:10 PM
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7. Maybe prime-time MSNBC.
Maybe. Other than that, crickets.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 04:46 PM
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3. And to dems who jumped on this made up
Band wagon? Kiss my ass.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 05:15 PM
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4. kick to spread the word
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 07:26 PM
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8. Here's a couple of GOPers who DID violate election laws. Just posted in LBN ...
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