Boner says he wants Congress to permanently defund ACORN

[BurtWorm]

According to NYTimes.com's The Caucus:

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/republican-leader-seeks-more-curbs-on-acorn-funds/

September 18, 2009, 4:34 pm
Republican Leader Seeks More Curbs on Acorn Funds
By Carl Hulse

Despite their victory this week on cutting off federal funds to the community organization Acorn, House Republicans are not about to let the matter go.

Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the Republican leader, on Friday demanded that Speaker Nancy Pelosi quickly hold a vote on a bill devoted solely to cutting off any future federal money to the liberal activist group.

His push comes because Republicans on Thursday added the Acorn funding ban to a college loan measure that has a long way to go in Congress – and which many Republicans oppose to boot. So the funding restriction included in that bill is not going to become law anytime soon.

“Now that the House has spoken in such resounding fashion, Speaker Pelosi should schedule an up-or-down vote on the Defund Acorn Act without delay,” Mr. Boehner said in a statement.

But that’s not likely to occur. Even though 172 Democrats joined House Republicans in voting for the Acorn proposal, the leadership probably won’t cave in to a Republican appeal for a separate vote, especially since so many Democrats have already insulated themselves politically on the issue by voting for the initial cut-off of funds.

Democratic aides said, however, it is possible that a ban on Acorn funding could be included in one of the annual spending bills coming up for final passage in the next few weeks, an approach that would speed enactment of the spending ban.

Republicans probably won’t be all that unhappy with any delay. It allows them to keep firing away at Acorn and it is clear they intend to milk this one for all it is worth.

[chelsea0011]

1. And if the knee jerk Dems cave on this , I give up. Green Party, here I come.

[Chulanowa]

6. Green Party?

Isn't that the party with its head lodged up the GOP's ass, happily grazing all-organic precompost nutrient?

[chelsea0011]

8. Uhmmmm? No.

[noiretextatique]

12. i joined the green party when clinton was president

and since obama is looking a lot like clinton 2, i see no reason to register democratic again.

[Old and In the Way]

2. Add an amendment to pull the tax status of any church who wades into secular politics.

Fair is fair.

[mzmolly]

3. Of course he does!

Why the hurry Boner?

:kick:

[robinlynne]

4. why dont we have a permanent ban on blackwater funding in place yet?

and a permanent ban on "abstinence education" funding and existing?
in other words, why can't democrats ACT?
we are usually one step behind, reacting.

[BlooInBloo]

5. Ah - republican says something about ACORN. Waiting for DUers to jump on board.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. The Boner wants to CockUs on this matter with his fellow dickheads

[NC_Nurse]

9. They should just do what Repub orgs do when they get have a scandal:

Close down, reform under a new name. They do it all the time.

[Eric J in MN]

10. Congress should end its own funding in response to the wrongdoing of some Senators and Reps.

That way they would be holding themselves as an organization to the same standard they're applying to ACORN.

[denverbill]

11. OK sure. We'll put it as an amendment on the public option.

We'll permanently defund ACORN in exchange for the public option. Of course, it would be awful to have all those Republicans voting not to permanently defund ACORN.

[BurtWorm]

13. That's kind of brilliant.

:think:

I'm expecting to hear about some insane pro-gun rider--like concealed carry of semiautomatic weapons in elementary schools--attached to the Senate version of health care reform.