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Entries in ACORN (10)

Tuesday
Oct202009

Democratic Senator Says Republicans Don't Have Right To Stall Unemployment Bill

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H), says that Republicans may have the right to debate issues such as ACORN, but do not have the right to delay the passage of legislation that would extend the unemployment benefits of citizens in struggling states. (0:28)
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Tuesday
Oct062009

ACORN Is Cleaning House Says CEO

Bertha Lewis, CEO of ACORN defends the community outreach organization, Tuesday at a the National Press Club. Lewis says ACORN has internally restructured to prevent future discrepancies. ACORN has recently been abandoned by several political supporters after allegations of financial mismanagement and fraud. (0:35)

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Tuesday
Oct062009

Film Makers Broke The Law, Says ACORN CEO

Bertha Lewis, CEO of ACORN, defends the community outreach organization, Tuesday at a the National Press club. Lewis says film makers defrauded ACORN to make the embarrassing widely circulated videotape that showed workers at ACORN offering advice to two activists posing as a pimp and a prostitute. (0:28)

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Tuesday
Oct062009

ACORN CEO: Denial Of Funds Unconstitutional 

Bertha Lewis, CEO of the community outreach organization ACORN, responds to the vote from Congress to deny funding from the organization, calling the move unconstitutional. (0:23)
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Thursday
Sep172009

Boehner Hopes Obama Will Join Congress In Denying Federal Funding For ACORN

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced Thursday that the house passed legislation to end federal funding for the scandal ridden ACORN organization. Boehner hopes that following the bi-partisan vote, President Obama will sign the legislation. (0:17)
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Wednesday
Oct292008

McCain campaign describes ACORN's conduct as "particularly outrageous"

John Danforth, former U.S. Senator and Co-Chair of the McCain-Palin Honest and Open Election Committee held a teleconference over the ACORN scandal, and offered recommendations for a fair election (19:42).
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Tuesday
Oct142008

Links between ACORN and Obama are preposterous, says Obama campaign

Obama For America General Counsel Bob Bauer refutes many of the accusations that have been made about the links between Obama and ACORN, the Association for Community Organizers for Reform Now. (1:00)
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Friday
Oct102008

ACORN: Right wing is manufacturing a "voter fraud"

Brian Kettenring, spokesman for ACORN, speaks about how right-wingers are attacking ACORN in a larger effort to reduce the electorate. (0:49)
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Friday
Oct102008

ACORN: Allegations are part of partisan effort to constrict electorate

Brian Kettenring, a spokesman for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, explains that the allegations against ACORN will melt away. (0:21)
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Thursday
Jul242008

"Mythical" voters threatening election legitimacy

At a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties hearing on voter fraud lessons learned from the 2004 Presidential election, Cleta Mitchell, a partner at Foley & Lardner, LLP, cites the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) as widespread voter fraud by fabricating voter registrations for dead, underage, and "mythical" people. She calls on the Committee and the Department of Justice to begin an investigation on ACORN's illegal activities.(0:44)
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