King Amendment Would Block ACORN from 2010 Census
June 16th, 2009 by Matthew VadumRep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is offering an amendment to the fiscal 2010 Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill that would block ACORN from participating in the 2010 Census. The amendment comes the month after King called for a probe of ACORN’s twisted finances.
Here is the text of King’s press release:
King Amendment Would Keep ACORN Out of 2010 Census
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Steve King introduced an amendment to H.R. 2847, the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Bill, to keep the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) out of the 2010 Census. King’s amendment would bar taxpayer dollars in the bill provided to the Census Bureau from being disbursed to ACORN.
King also introduced another amendment that would bar any taxpayer dollars in the bill from being provided to ACORN. The House will begin debating the legislation and amendments this evening.
