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September 23, 2009

ACORN Defunding Bill Could Also Target Military Firms
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The congressional effort to defund the anti-poverty group ACORN has
taken a new turn. The Huffington Post is reporting the House measure
targeting ACORN approved last week is so broad it could apply to scores
of large military contractors. The Defund ACORN Act covers “any
organization” charged with breaking election laws, lobbying disclosure
laws, campaign finance laws, or filing fraudulent paperwork with
government agencies. The Project on Government Oversight says military
contractors Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman easily qualify, with
over twenty fraud cases between them. Scores of other military firms
could also ostensibly be targeted under the new measure.



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