Issa Blasts Administration Decision To Fund Acorn -- Reeks Of Political Cronyism

Statement

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement regarding the opinion released today by the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) that opens the door to allow the federal government to fund the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) for all contracts signed prior to the enactment of legislation Congress authorized and the President signed prohibiting federal funding of ACORN:

"The bipartisan intent of Congress was clear -- no more federal dollars should flow to ACORN. It is telling that this Administration continues to look for every excuse possible to circumvent the intent of Congress. Taxpayers should not have to continue subsidizing a criminal enterprise that helped Barack Obama get elected President. The politicization of the Justice Department to payback one of the President's political allies is shameful and amounts to nothing more than old-fashioned cronyism."

Issa, also a member of the House Judiciary Committee is partnering with Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-TX) on Tuesday to host a forum on ACORN at 2:30 p.m. in 2237 Rayburn. The Joint Judiciary-Oversight forum will include testimony from:

* Todd Rokita, Indiana Secretary of State
* David Caldwell, Louisiana Department of Justice
* Hans von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow and Manager of the Civil Justice Reform Initiative Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, The Heritage Foundation

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