Going after ACORN may be like shooting fish in a barrel lately -- but jumpy lawmakers used a bazooka to do it last week and may have blown up some of their longtime allies in the process.
The congressional legislation intended to defund ACORN, passed with broad bipartisan support, is written so broadly that it applies to "any organization" that has been charged with breaking federal or state election laws, lobbying disclosure laws, campaign finance laws or filing fraudulent paperwork with any federal or state agency. It also applies to any of the employees, contractors or other folks affiliated with a group charged with any of those things.
In other words, the bill could plausibly defund the entire military-industrial complex. Whoops.
link: Whoops: Anti-ACORN Bill Ropes In Defense Contractors, Others Charged With Fraud
This, Bunky, you just gotta love. And note a couple of posts below Taibbi's report on home mortgages that can't pass muster in Kansas. Kansas! The thing is leaking at every seam.
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