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  <title>Open Congress : News Articles for H.R.3571 Defund ACORN Act</title>
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  <updated>2009-10-03T20:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/news/59899</id>
  <entry>
    <title>Rep. McCollum counters ACORN attacks</title>
    <link href="http://thehill.com/homenews/house/61555-rep-mccollum-counters-acorn-attacks" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-03:/commentary/6295837</id>
    <updated>2009-10-03T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Hill</name>
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... after (the Defund ACORN Act) HR 3571 but respects the Constituiton by requiring a corporation to be guilty of a felony before federal funds are cut off. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://thehill.com/homenews/house/61555-rep-mccollum-counters-acorn-attacks&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Dem floats ACORN bill to counter GOP proposal</title>
    <link href="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/60921-dem-floats-acorn-bill-to-contrast-with-gop-proposal" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-29:/commentary/6252303</id>
    <updated>2009-09-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Hill</name>
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The bill is meant to contrast with Boehner&amp;#39;s HR 3571, which has 160 cosponsors, which would strip funding of organizations on the basis of a felony ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/60921-dem-floats-acorn-bill-to-contrast-with-gop-proposal&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title></title>
    <link href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/24/acorn-uncertain-ground-following-scandal-critics-say?test=latestnews" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-24:/commentary/6209939</id>
    <updated>2009-09-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Ocala</name>
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The language of the bill (HR 3571) says no federal contracts, grants or funds can be provided to &amp;quot;any organization&amp;quot; indicted for violating federal or state ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/24/acorn-uncertain-ground-following-scandal-critics-say?test=latestnews&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title></title>
    <link href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/21/acorn-chief-dodges-calls-come-congress/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-24:/commentary/6207954</id>
    <updated>2009-09-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Ocala</name>
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The language of the bill (HR 3571) says no federal contracts, grants or funds can be provided to &amp;quot;any organization&amp;quot; indicted for violating federal or state ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/21/acorn-chief-dodges-calls-come-congress/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <link href="http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/09/17/house-votes-to-defund-acorn-in-gop-led-strike/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-23:/commentary/6199578</id>
    <updated>2009-09-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Ocala</name>
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The language of the bill (HR 3571) says no federal contracts, grants or funds can be provided to &#226;&#8364;&#339;any organization&#226;&#8364;* indicted for violating federal or state ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/09/17/house-votes-to-defund-acorn-in-gop-led-strike/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Congress Stomps Down and Kicks Some Butt.</title>
    <link href="http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=264489&amp;amp;t=01007615714290218050" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-22:/commentary/6199577</id>
    <updated>2009-09-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Motley Fool</name>
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HR 3571 is a bill that skips the trial part of an accusation and goes straight to levying of punishment. To prohibit the Federal Government from awarding ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=264489&amp;amp;t=01007615714290218050&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>House votes to defund ACORN</title>
    <link href="http://www.brewtonstandard.com/articles/2009/09/23/opinion/doc4aba2939cfa37040442462.txt" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-22:/commentary/6191684</id>
    <updated>2009-09-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Brewton Standard</name>
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I also became one of 144 Republican cosponsors of Leader Boehner&amp;#39;s bill, the Defund ACORN Act (HR 3571), which would prohibit any organization, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.brewtonstandard.com/articles/2009/09/23/opinion/doc4aba2939cfa37040442462.txt&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>TX-32: Pete Sessions votes to Defund Military Industrial Complex!</title>
    <link href="http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/9354/pete-sessions-votes-to-defund-military-industrial-complex" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-21:/commentary/6184272</id>
    <updated>2009-09-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Burnt Orange Report (blog)</name>
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Pete Sessions was one of the first members of Congress to co-sponsor John Boehner&amp;#39;s bill, HR 3571, to cut off Federal funding to &amp;quot;Any organization that has ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/9354/pete-sessions-votes-to-defund-military-industrial-complex&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Issa, Boehner and Johanns to Receive &amp;#39;Nutcracker Award&amp;#39;</title>
    <link href="http://pr-canada.net/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=126521&amp;amp;Itemid=65" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-18:/commentary/6252304</id>
    <updated>2009-09-18T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>PR-CANADA.net (press release)</name>
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Issa today offered HR 3571, the Defund ACORN Act, introduced earlier in the week by Rep. Boehner and others. According to a study released by Republican ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pr-canada.net/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=126521&amp;amp;Itemid=65&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>REP JONES Cosponsor bill to stop all funding of ACORN</title>
    <link href="http://www.beaufortobserver.net/1FeedbackAllbody.lasso?-token.specificitem=11889.112112" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-16:/commentary/6215632</id>
    <updated>2009-09-16T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Beaufort Observer</name>
    </author>
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WASHINGTON, DC &#226;&#8364;&#8220; This week US Representative Walter B. Jones (R-NC) became an original cosponsor of HR 3571, the Defund ACORN Act. This legislation, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.beaufortobserver.net/1FeedbackAllbody.lasso?-token.specificitem=11889.112112&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Putnam calls for end to federal funding of ACORN</title>
    <link href="http://www.newschief.com/article/20090917/NEWS/909175052/1021?Title=Putnam-calls-for-end-to-federal-funding-of-ACORN" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-16:/commentary/6184273</id>
    <updated>2009-09-16T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>News Chief</name>
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WASHINGTON - Congressman Adam Putnam announced Wednesday that he is co-sponsoring legislation (HR 3571) to prevent taxpayer money from being used by the ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newschief.com/article/20090917/NEWS/909175052/1021?Title=Putnam-calls-for-end-to-federal-funding-of-ACORN&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Issa, Boehner and Johanns to Receive &amp;#39;Nutcracker Award&amp;#39;</title>
    <link href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&amp;amp;STORY=/www/story/09-17-2009/0005096361&amp;amp;EDATE=" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-16:/commentary/6184271</id>
    <updated>2009-09-16T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>PR Newswire (press release)</name>
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Issa today offered HR 3571, the Defund ACORN Act, introduced earlier in the week by Rep. Boehner and others. According to a study released by Republican ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&amp;amp;STORY=/www/story/09-17-2009/0005096361&amp;amp;EDATE=&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/17/house-votes-strip-acorn-federal-funding/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-16:/commentary/6184270</id>
    <updated>2009-09-16T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Beaufort Observer</name>
    </author>
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WASHINGTON, DC &#226;&#8364;&#8220; This week US Representative Walter B. Jones (R-NC) became an original cosponsor of HR 3571, the Defund ACORN Act. This legislation, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/17/house-votes-strip-acorn-federal-funding/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Governor Calls for Investigation of ACORN</title>
    <link href="http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Governor-Calls-for-Investigation-of-ACORN/9aZ4WLX8a0yjx5KyUM2wSg.cspx" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-15:/commentary/6184274</id>
    <updated>2009-09-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>San Diego 6</name>
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... also not receive another penny of taxpayer support.&amp;quot; Congressman Hunter is a cosponsor of HR 3571, legislation that would deny federal funding for ACORN.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Governor-Calls-for-Investigation-of-ACORN/9aZ4WLX8a0yjx5KyUM2wSg.cspx&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title></title>
    <link href="http://www2.nbc13.com/vtm/news/local/article/congressman_spencer_bachus_comments_on_acorn/92517/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-15:/commentary/6131525</id>
    <updated>2009-09-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Victorville Daily Press</name>
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Jerry Lewis, R-Redlands, and other House Republicans in sponsoring bill HR 3571, or the Defund ACORN Act &#226;&#8364;&#8221; legislation that calls for an immediate halt to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www2.nbc13.com/vtm/news/local/article/congressman_spencer_bachus_comments_on_acorn/92517/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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