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Wednesday, October 07, 2009


FEMA Halts ACORN Grant   [NRO Staff]

From The Hill:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday announced it would halt its $1 million fire prevention grant to ACORN — a decision Republican lawmakers have since praised.

The Department of Homeland Security initially earmarked the money for ACORN before House and Senate lawmakers mobilized to cut the group's access to federal dollars. But news of the award emerged much later, after the ACORN furor had subsided.




 





 

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