The Washington Examiner on ACORN:
Reports:
February 25, 2009: ACORN gets double-dips of pork in stimulus and omnibus spending bills.
April 19, 2009: ACORN is closely connected with The Service Employees International Union (SEIU), according to U.S. Labor Department disclosure forms.
April 22, 2009: ACORN deletes references to SEIU affiliations from its web site after The Examiner exposes the connections.
May 6, 2009: Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) reverses his earlier position to open an investigation into ACORN.
May 7, 2009: Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) pushes his pro-ACORN amendment as new charges are filed in Nevada and Pennsylvania.
May 13, 2009: Only four House Democrats oppose an amendment from Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) that would allow ACORN to receive funding under the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act.
May 14, 2009: Rep. Bachmann (R-Minn.) prepares new anti-ACORN bill that would block the group from receiving any funding in the 2010 budget.
May 14, 2009: A former ACORN employee who testified against the organization calls on Congress to cut off funding.
May 14, 2009: A Pennsylvania attorney who sued ACORN over voter fraud allegations says Congress has “denial flu.”
May 17, 2009 ACORN’s white liberal leadership controls and exploits mostly African-American workers, a former employee says.
May 25, 2009: Donations to ACORN are vulnerable to misappropriation, according to a group of whistleblowers familiar with its operations.
May 27, 2009: ACORN and its supporters gather at the Center for American Progress in Washington D.C. to discuss allegations and plot a new strategy.
May 28, 2009: The Washington Examiner is barred from covering an ACORN event held at The Center for American Progress in Washington D.C.
June 5, 2009: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) begins a web site to build grassroots support for anti-ACORN legislation.
June 21, 2009: Former and current ACORN insiders suspect the organization will drop its badly damaged name in an effort to sidestep more negative publicity.
June 24, 2009: ACORN denies reports that it is considering a name change but former board members are not convinced.
July 9, 2009: Labor unions have donated almost $10 million to ACORN with the bulk of the donations coming from the Service Employees International Union.
July 9, 2009: ACORN whistleblower Anita MonCrief describes her journey to conservatism.
July 18, 2009: An ACORN labor affiliate has declined to file its annual report in New Orleans and is listed as being “not in good standing” by the Louisiana Secretary of State.
July 23, 2009: Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Ca.) releases report describing ACORN as a criminal enterprise and calls attention to its support for President Obama and other prominent Democrats.
Aug. 5, 2009: ACORN’s Washington D.C. political action committee (PAC) could be fined $2,000 for missing a financial report.
Sept. 13, 2009: Teachers unions have contributed over $1.3 million to ACORN.
Sept. 14, 2009: Just as more video tapes are released that point to possible felonies, an ACORN affiliate applies for $6 million in federal funding.
Sept. 16, 2009: ACORN’s critics are exaggerating “imperfections,” according to a letter of support union officials and other liberal activists signed last year defending the “good name” of the organization.
Sept. 18, 2009: Byron York: Under pressure, Democrats in Congress abandon ACORN.
Editorials:
April 23, 2009: Top recipients of federal bailout money like Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup should stop funding corrupt organizations like ACORN.
May 24, 2009: Rep. Barney Frank and other Democrats continue to rationalize support for ACORN, despite new indictments.
June 10, 2009: U.S. Navy officials have cut off a defense contractor connected with a corrupt lobbying firm, so why can’t members of Congress apply this same standard to ACORN.
Sept. 13, 2009: Congress should stop evading its responsibility and conduct a full-scale investigation of ACORN, as new scandals come to light.
Beltway Confidential:
Sept. 1, 2009: ACORN quick to collect federal funds, but slow to pay taxes.
Sept. 11, 2009: Census Bureau terminates relationship with ACORN.
Sept. 12, 2009: Who is Hannah Giles?
Sept. 12, 2009: Why is ACORN giving tax advice? It began with H&R Block.
Sept. 12, 2009: In ACORN scandal, Maryland may prosecute…the journalists who revealed it.
Sept. 12, 2009: Maryland still promoting ACORN for housing help.
Sept. 14, 2009: Seven senators stand by ACORN in Housing appropriations bill.
Sept. 15, 2009: GOP leaders ask IRS to cut all ties to ACORN.
Sept. 15, 2009: Boehner introduces the defund ACORN Act.
Sept. 15, 2009: House GOP calls for total ACORN cutoff.
Sept. 16, 2009: Heedless of its role in the housing collapse, House Democrats seek to expand the Community Reinvestment Act.
Sept. 17, 2009: The stunning, total defeat of ACORN.
Sept. 17, 2009: The House vote to cut off ACORN and the names of the ACORN 75.
Sept. 17, 2009: Senate Republicans move to extend ACORN funding ban.
Sept. 17, 2009: House Republicans keep pushing on ACORN.
Sept. 18, 2009: Michael Barone’s Reflections on the ACORN story.
Sept. 18, 2009: Public wants ACORN funding to end.
Sept. 19, 2009: More walls close in on ACORN: a $548,000 tax lien.
Special Reports:
May 5, 2009: ACORN has received $53 million in federal funding since 1994 and remains eligible for $8 billion more
May 19, 2009: ACORN’s Citizens Consulting Inc. (CCI) affiliate appears to be in control of the organization’s financial transactions, which are recorded on tax documents.
July 7, 2009: ACORN has a long history of aggressive tactics that reaches back to the 1960s.
July 7, 2009: ACORN’s SEIU-funded “Muscle for Money” targets corporations in aggressive shakedown campaigns across the country
July 7, 2009: Liberty Tax resisted “Muscle for Money” but settled to avoid costly litigation
July 12, 2009: This timeline tracks ACORN’s origins in 1970 up through the voter registration and embezzlement scandals that came to light in 2008
Video:
Sept. 16: Jon Stewart slams the mainstream media on ACORN: ‘Where the hell were you?’
Sept. 17: Video: Examiner’s Kevin Mooney talks ACORN with Glenn Beck.
