This morning, at a hearing of the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) raised the issue of a need for a full congressional investigation of ACORN. As Rep. King notes, Subcommittee Chair Jerry Nadler (D-NY) has said he would consider an investigation as soon as he saw credible evidence of ACORN wrongdoing. (Rep. Nadler apparently doesn’t read Big Government)
Rep. Nadler explains that, since Congress has already de-funded ACORN, there is nothing more it can do with respect to the troubled organization. The matter is solely an issue for local, state and federal law enforcement. (This interpretation will certainly be news to Rep. Waxman and a number of other colleagues of Rep. Nadler, who have built large parts of their careers on investigating things far outside the purview of Congress.