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Bachmann falsely stated ACORN faces criminal charges
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| Contributor | Eric |
| Last Edited | Eric Apr 30, 2009 06:35pm |
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| News Date | Friday, May 1, 2009 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | ACORN — the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now — called out Rep. Michele Bachmann on Thursday for falsely claiming that the group was under federal indictment for voter fraud.
The group raised the issue in a statement criticizing Bachmann’s opposition to foreclosure relief, and citing the Minnesota Independent’s report that Bachmann’s district has the state’s highest rate of foreclosures.
On Wednesday, the House Financial Services Committee passed an amendment Bachmann offered to the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act, which would ban groups facing federal indictment for voter fraud from receiving federal foreclosure relief funds.
Bachmann praised the passage of her amendment, writing, “Before we commit anymore taxpayers’ dollars, I want to ensure that organizations, such as ACORN, are prohibited from receiving funds while simultaneously facing charges of voter fraud and tax violations. Although I do not support the underlying legislation, I am pleased that the Committee took these measures to provide some layer of protection for taxpayers.”
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