ACORN’s friends, with a fresh court ruling backing the organization, are finding new ways to send taxpayer dollars to it. The Weekly Standard exposed an amendment offered by Sen. Rolland Burris (D-IL), President Obama’s replacement in the Senate, to the main piece of legislation enacting ObamaCare.
Specifically, Burris’ amendment would require an “Office of Minority Health” be established in several different agencies.
On page 241 of the amendment (yes, the amendment is over 241 pages):
In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary … shall award grants, contracts … with public and nonprofit private entities, agencies, as well as Departmental and Cabinet agencies and organizations, and with organizations that are indigenous human resource providers in communities of color. … Such measures shall evaluate community outreach activities, language services, workforce cultural competence, and other areas as determined by the Secretary.
Can you say ‘ACORN?’
Additionally, according to the Weekly Standard, the original bill itself contains language creating funding opportunities for “community and consumer-focused nonprofit groups” to “conduct public education activities to raise awareness of the availability of qualified health plans.”
And what if another judge overturned Judge Nina Gershon’s ruling declaring the congressional action to ‘defund’ ACORN? They needn’t worry: funding provided by the health care legislation would go through exchanges, which aren’t covered by the ‘Defund ACORN’ bill.
Whew! That was close, wasn’t it ACORN?!?
This all underscores the fact that like the stimulus bill, socialized medicine is just another giveaway to liberal groups. That’s change we can believe in!