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Tuesday 22 September 2009
Whoops: Anti-ACORN Bill Ropes In Defense Contractors, Others Charged With Fraud

Going after ACORN may be like shooting fish in a barrel lately — but jumpy lawmakers used a bazooka to do it last week and may have blown up some of their longtime allies in the process.

The congressional legislation intended to defund ACORN, passed with broad bipartisan support, is written so broadly that it applies to “any organization” that has been charged with breaking federal or state election laws, lobbying disclosure laws, campaign finance laws or filing fraudulent paperwork with any federal or state agency. It also applies to any of the employees, contractors or other folks affiliated with a group charged with any of those things.

In other words, the bill could plausibly defund the entire military-industrial complex. Whoops.

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  1. ronmarks reblogged this from dalasverdugo
  2. joecarryon reblogged this from buchino and added:
    The best kind of mistake.
  3. buchino reblogged this from azspot
  4. ex-genius reblogged this from dalasverdugo
  5. dalasverdugo reblogged this from azspot and added:
    Going after ACORN may be like shooting fish in a barrel lately — but jumpy lawmakers used a bazooka to do it last week...
  6. shutupschultz reblogged this from fightwithknives and added:
    So good it hurts.
  7. fightwithknives reblogged this from hungryghoast and added:
    Silly lawmakers.
  8. rillawafers reblogged this from azspot
  9. shorterexcerpts reblogged this from azspot and added:
    That could be a pretty good “whoops.” Especially if it means no more tax dollars for Blackwater Xe.
  10. hungryghoast reblogged this from azspot and added:
    Oh isn’t that delicious.
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