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EXAMINER SPECIAL REPORT: ACORN Timeline – Corruption and community organizing from the outset

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1970 – Former SDS member Wade Rathke forms ACORN in Little Rock, Ark.

1977 – After intense lobbying from ACORN members, Congress passes the Community Reinvestment Act to increase lending in “underserved” communities. The law also gives leverage to non-profits like ACORN by allowing them to derail bank mergers.

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