Remember the big deal Congress made a few months back when they “defunded” ACORN over the child prostitution dust-up? Well, that defunding seems to have been a temporary measure, since Congress needs to vote on a new continuing resolution to keep that ban on Federal money in place after Saturday.<\/p>\n
On top of that, ACORN remains eligible to recieve money through donations to the Combined Federal Campaign. Most of us who’ve been in the military recognize that CFC is a “voluntary” way to donate our money to charities through our Federal payroll deduction. ACORN remains in the catalogue as a choice according to Fox News<\/a>; <\/p>\n Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, raised concerns earlier this month over the government’s refusal to omit the ACORN Institute from the campaign. But Personnel Management Director John Berry said in a letter delivered to Grassley that the institute is legally eligible to receive donations through the program.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n So I guess we can count on ACORN to be full participants in the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"