Firefighters lose large U.S. grant to ACORN - Washington Times: "Nearly $1 million in Homeland Security funding typically earmarked for fire departments has been awarded to ACORN, despite a clear signal from Congress that it intends to cut off federal funding to the embattled group.
The grant to ACORN's Louisiana office became public on Oct. 2, less than three weeks after the House and Senate voted to cut off ACORN funding after employees were caught on video advising a fake prostitute and pimp on scams.
It was one of only three such grants issued to the state and made up almost 80 percent of the firefighting money earmarked for Louisiana, prompting one of the U.S. senators from the state to demand that the funds be taken back.
'I request that you rescind this grant based on a history of abuse of federal dollars by ACORN and their clear lack of expertise in this area,' said Sen. David Vitter, Louisiana Republican.
The group has headquarters in Louisiana."
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