ACORN = RICO
by Ken Blackwell and Ken KlukowskiNow that a third ACORN video has surfaced, a patter emerges of ACORN workers willing to help people engage in prostitution, tax fraud, housing fraud, and even human trafficking. Under federal law, a RICO investigation is now warranted. Three strikes and you’re out, ACORN.
House GOP to call for total cutoff of federal funds to ACORN
By: BYRON YORK
Chief Political Correspondent
09/15/09 8:54 AM EDT
Today House Republicans will introduce a bill that would end all federal funding to ACORN and its affiliates. Republicans are also sending a letter to President Obama on the same subject.
Senators Express Concern With Number of Czars in Administration
Senators urge President to refrain from creating additional czars without consulting Congress
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a letter to the President, Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, questions the number of "czars" within the Executive Office. In the letter, Senator Collins expresses concern that the growing number of czars may be undermining the constitutional oversight responsibilities of Congress. The letter was also signed by Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Kit Bond (R-MO), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Bob Bennett (R-UT).
Chief Political Correspondent
09/15/09 8:54 AM EDT
Senators urge President to refrain from creating additional czars without consulting Congress
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a letter to the President, Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, questions the number of "czars" within the Executive Office. In the letter, Senator Collins expresses concern that the growing number of czars may be undermining the constitutional oversight responsibilities of Congress. The letter was also signed by Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Kit Bond (R-MO), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Bob Bennett (R-UT).
BELLEVILLE — A Belleville West High School student was beaten aboard a bus on the way to school Monday, and a police spokesman said the beating could be racially motivated.
U.S. senator promises look into cellphone-cancer link
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iowa senator Tom Harkin, newly empowered to investigate health matters as chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, promised on Monday to probe deeply into any potential links between cellphone use and cancer.
As the House prepares to censure Wilson …
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The House will prepare a censure for Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) for his interjection during the speech by Barack Obama last Wednesday in a joint session, “You lie!” After waffling on the issue for a couple of days, Speaker Nancy Pelosi will hold a vote to publicly punish Wilson for his bad manners. However, this doesn’t exactly look like a winner politically, especially since Wilson’s interjection wound up exposing the lack of enforcement on citizenship in the ObamaCare system:
Reports: Cops Have Possible Suspect in Yale Student's Death
Monday, September 14, 2009
At least two Connecticut news organizations are reporting police have a suspect in the brutal death of Yale graduate student Annie Le.
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