Report Finds No Recent Funding Violations By ACORN

081004 MET ACORN-staff photo by Shannon O'Brien West Palm--Eleven-year-old Jordan Negley holds up an ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) flag during a rally to kick off their minimum wage c... 081004 MET ACORN-staff photo by Shannon O'Brien West Palm--Eleven-year-old Jordan Negley holds up an ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) flag during a rally to kick off their minimum wage campaign. Floridians for All is sponsored by ACORN and they represents low and moderate income families nationwide. They are making an effort to increase the minimum wage in Florida. Negley came to the rally with a group from Westgate Tabernacle church. The rally began next to the county commission offices at 301 N. Olive, but the group was asked by law enforcment to move to the sidewalk (I believe they didn't have permits to be on the property but I'm not certain of this). MORE LESS
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ACORN has been investigated 46 times by federal, state, and local agencies as of October 2009, and 11 of those probes are still pending, according to a report by the Congressional Research Service released today. But the report finds no cases in which ACORN violated the terms of federal funding in the last five years.

The report, requested by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), also found no instances of voters who were allegedly registered improperly by ACORN attempting to vote at the polls.

The Treasury Department, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the California Justice Department are among the agencies that still have open investigations of ACORN.

And a legal analysis by CRS researchers found that legislation barring funding to ACORN (already halted by a judge) may be unconstitutional.

The full report is below.

Congressional Research Service Report On Acorn

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