Senate funds ACORN — Did Reid slip in a provision to fund ACORN via the health care bill?

As we have seen in recent weeks, once the dust settled on the ACORN videos, Democrats in the Obama administration and Congress are slowly beginning to quietly support ACORN again.

The defunding votes were essentially CYA/public relations votes, with no intention to actually cut off funding to ACORN.

Now, it appears that President Obama and Harry Reid have included a provision in the health care bill to funnel money to to the liberal group ACORN, which was such a big part of Obama’s victory in the 2008 election.

Publius at Big Government explains:

Senator Roland Burris is claiming credit for a provision in Harry Reid’s “manager’s amendment,” unveiled Saturday morning, that could funnel money to ACORN through the health care bill…

The provision he cites, found on pages 240 through 248 of the manager’s amendment, requires that six different agencies each establish an “Office of Minority Health.” The agencies are the “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.”…

According to a Senate legislative aide, the scandal-plagued Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now could qualify for grants under this provision. ACORN would also qualify for funding on page 150 of the underlying Reid bill, which says that “community and consumer-focused nonprofit groups” may receive grants to “conduct public education activities to raise awareness of the availability of qualified health plans.”

How President Obama’s administration and the Democrats in Congress can continue supporting ACORN after the investigations of election fraud and videos showing workers giving advice to prostitutes concerning defrauding the IRS, while engaged in child prostitution, is amazing.

Obama owes ACORN a lot, considering how their non-partisan workers picked up homeless people, took them to the polls and told them “vote for Obama”.  In Ohio, during the register and vote drive that occurred four weeks before the election, ACORN workers had people register and vote multiple times, and told them to vote for Obama.

It appears that repaying debts is more important than honoring the constitution and the laws of this nation.