Senate votes to bar funds for ACORN; scandals erode political support – Louisiana Politics | State Legislature News – NOLA.com

The seven senators voting “no” were Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin and Roland Burris of Illinois, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Robert Casey of Pennsylvania, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Independent Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

In July, an 88-page staff report by Republicans on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform described ACORN as “a shell game played in 120 cities, 43 states and the District of Columbia through a complex structure designed to conceal illegal activities, to use taxpayer and tax-exempt dollars for partisan political purposes, and to distract investigators.”

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