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Bachmann: Frank funneling money to ACORN

By Andy Birkey | 07.09.09 | 3:46 pm

bachmannhannityRep. Michele Bachmann continued her campaign against Rep. Barney Frank and the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) on Fox News’ Hannity on Wednesday. Despite Bachmann’s claims on the…

Bachmann Census flap creates stir

By Andy Birkey | 06.29.09 | 12:50 pm

Bachmann ACORNRecent statements by Rep. Michele Bachmann about ACORN and the U.S. Census have the media and watchdog groups piling on. Bachmann has said several times in the last week…

Bachmann links Census to 1940s Japanese internment

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.25.09 | 11:40 am

picture-35Rep. Michele Bachmann, who may be redistricted out of a job based on next year’s Census findings, has already stated she won’t respond to certain Census questions…

Bachmann won’t fill out full census, fears ACORN

By Andy Birkey | 06.17.09 | 11:47 am

BachmannRep. Michele Bachmann told the Washington Times on Wednesday that she will not be filling out all the questions on next year’s census because ACORN will be one of the…

ACORN hits Bachmann back with petition of its own

By Andy Birkey | 06.11.09 | 8:36 am

Bachmann ACORNDays after Rep. Michele Bachmann launched a petition against the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, ACORN is shooting back with a petition of its own.
“When…

Bachmann renews ACORN attack with new bill, petition

By Andy Birkey | 06.04.09 | 12:21 pm

Rep. Michele Bachmann ramped up her campaign against ACORN on Thursday with the introduction of a bill and the initiation of a petition. Both aim to pressure Congress to ban ACORN from receiving funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), an aim critics say is way off base.

ACORN relishing new role as GOP boogeyman

By David Weigel | 05.11.09 | 10:38 am

The first week of May was as eventful for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, ACORN, as any time since the 2008 election. The response from ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis to increased attacks by conservatives: “Fine, bring it.”

Bachmann falsely stated ACORN faces criminal charges

By Andy Birkey | 04.30.09 | 2:52 pm

ACORN — the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now — called out Rep. Michele Bachmann on Thursday for falsely claiming that the group was under federal indictment for voter fraud. The group noted Bachmann’s opposition to foreclosure relief, citing the Minnesota Independent’s report that Bachmann’s district has the state’s highest rate of foreclosures.

ACORN fires back, alleges GOP vote suppression in new TV spot

By Steve Perry | 10.29.08 | 12:42 pm

The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), which has come under fire this year for voter registration practices that have resulted in the submission of fake registrations in some states, has released the following 30-second ad, which is…

Election official: Group tied to ex-MN Secretary of State Kiffmeyer aims to ‘keep people from voting’

By Molly Priesmeyer | 10.24.08 | 1:38 pm

Former Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer may not be in the business of supervising elections anymore, but it doesn’t mean she and her friends have abandoned their old habits.

The “traditional values” organization of which Kiffmeyer is the executive director, Minnesota Majority, has been poking around Minnesota’s voter-registration file, and in a pair of letters to Secretary of State Mark Ritchie’s office over the past week, MN Majority president Jeff Davis claims to have unearthed thousands of suspicious registrations in the state’s voter records.