In a correction to Wednesday's article, the Washington Times reports that the Obama administration say there is no chance that ACORN will get the $997,402 Assistance to Firefighters Grant it was awarded last month:
FEMA officials said Wednesday that the award was posted on the agency's Web site Sept. 4, several days before a widely publicized video sting prompted the House and Senate to vote to cut off funding to the group.
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"The group had not [cashed in the grant] and at that point we froze the money. ...
Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter, who complained about the grant in a September 22 letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, said that he was "glad that DHS has 'frozen' these funds," but said the grant still needed to be formally withdrawn.
Thanks to Secretary Janet Napolitano for correcting this outrage.
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Well, shocker of all shockers! Does this mean there is really SOMEONE watching out for our tax dollars?
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