Reply #26: Good diary on DailyKos about the same thing

[sonias]

They Want To Punish ACORN? Two Can Play This Game
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Really? "Any organization that has filed a fraudulent form with any Federal or State regulatory agency" can no longer receive federal funds? (And individuals who've merely been indicted for election law violations, whether or not the charges were proven?) The bill further defines "organization" as including ACORN and its affiliates, but it doesn't say it only includes ACORN-related entities. So, gosh, I imagined, there's a lot of entities that suddenly qualify.

As Ryan Grim reports on HuffPo today, Rep. Alan Grayson had the same thought:

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.

Oh please do go on...

We should all write our Congressmen/women and demand that they adhere to this legislation immediately. Lets start with Lockheed Martin and Northrop Gumman and continue down the list, one by one. Cutting them all off.

Sonia