MORE ON ACORN

Rep. John Conyers asked the Congressional Research Service to investigate several charges against ACORN and there's the full report. Of special interest are two findings that refute popular wingnut smears:

3. Effect of alleged false voter registrations by ACORN workers.
You asked CRS to research improper voter registrations that resulted in people being placed on the voting rolls and attempting to vote improperly at the polls. As you discussed with Julius Jefferson (x75593) a NEXIS search of the ALL NEWS file did not identify any reported instances of individuals who were improperly registered by ACORN attempting to vote at the polls.

2. Federal funding received by ACORN.
You asked for a description of all federal funding received by ACORN over the last five fiscal years and a description of instances where ACORN violated the terms of federal funding. The following memo by Meredith Peterson (x78990) presents information on federal funding received by ACORN. A search of reports of federal agency inspectors general did not identify instances in which ACORN violated the terms of federal funding in the last five years.