Statement On ACORN Vote

Statement

Statement On ACORN Vote

"I voted against the ACORN amendment last week because it goes against Article 1, Sections 9 and 10, of the U.S. Constitution, which explicitly prohibits the passage of "bills of attainder" - legislation targeted to benefit or penalize an individual or group and often exclude it from government service. While I strongly agree that ACORN should be investigated and punished to the fullest extent of the law for any misuse of public funds or crimes they have committed, this ought to be done by the courts and not by a politically motivated vote in Congress that violates the Constitution. This is why we need more federal oversight of government contractors and grant recipients, so that we can catch the ACORNS and Haliburtons of the world before they misuse taxpayers' dollars."

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