Posts Tagged ‘ACORN’

WASHINGTON — If it wasn’t ACORN, it would have been something else. The fact that the first Senate vote Kay Bailey Hutchison missed since entering the governor’s race happened to be on ACORN — a group Republicans love to hate — was just a bonus. “She should be ashamed and apologize to the people of Texas for ignoring her responsibilities in the U.S. Senate,” said Gov. ... Full story

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison did not take part Monday in an overwhelming Senate vote to withhold federal funding from ACORN, the increasingly controversial community organization. On Monday evening, she attended a fundraiser at the Dallas-area home of former Dallas Cowboy Roger Staubach. The Senate voted 83-7 to deny funding and community grants to ACORN, which stands ... Full story

By Jordan Fabian Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) on Tuesday morning praised the Senate's vote yesterday to strip funding from the community organizing group ACORN, which is embroiled in voter registration fraud scandal. The second-term Republican praised Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.), a member of the Housing and Urban Affairs Committee who proposed an amendment blocking grant money from the Department of Housing and Urban Development directed toward ACORN ... Full story