from acorn?l, may i ask, respectfully, that the chairman consider such a hearing so we can get to the bottom of this? >> it sounds like a reasonable question from house judiciary committee chairman john conyers on capitol hill on march 1 19, but he didn't get a reasonable answer from new york congressman jerry nadler. >> let me just say that i would certainly consider a hearing on acorn if i ever hear any credible allegations. glenn: the two democratic lawmakers had just been told about a pattern of crimes allegedly committed by the community organizer ranging from voter registration fraud, tax fraud, to activities that could amount to organized crime. >> wait a minute. it has been asserted that people voted fraudulently in every county in the state. that's a pretty serious matter. >> congressman nadler was heading the hearing that day as the chairman of the house judiciary subcommittee on the constitution for civil rights and civil liberties. >> the chairman is a supporter of constitutional righ

i have in my hand the acorn celebration of 39 years. acorn was founded in 1970. they held a celebration in june 17 of this year. and the celebration takes place at the national education association atery um, probably birds of a feather, that's at 1201 16th street northwest, washington, d.c. this is the celebration of 39 years of acorn. it's interesting that some of the people who are less enthusiastic about doing the investigation of acorn are invited to be headliners there at the acorn celebration of 39 years. now, i remember 39 years might be jack bennie's year to celebrate, but 39 years is not a year ending in a zero or a five, so this must be the annual celebration of acorn's founding. who's there to headline? who's honored? well, lease let's see. senator charles assumer -- schumer, new york. number one headliner for the acorn celebration. their annual celebration. i don't know that charles schumer has demonstrated a lot of enthusiasm to investigate acorn. i can't imagine that would happen. next one on the headline is, representative gutierrez, chicago, hm,

what comes to mind is acorn.rank has been one of the group's most vocal cheerleaders despite the accusations of criminality piling up against acorn. tonight, we look at the next chapter in our acorn series. this time, we're taking a trip around the world. fasten your seatbelts. acorn's founder and former c.e.o. already conquered america. now wade rathke has moved on to the rest of the planet. india. peru. argentina. mexico. canada. dominican republic. kenya. korea. the philippines and indonesia. all countries rathke's organized citizens in as chief organizer of community organizations international, formerly known as acorn international. why the name change? rathke writes this on his chief organizer blog, quote, changing our name, especially in the u.s., not to be confused with acorn. i know of no plans whatsoever for acorn to change its name, but you'd have to ask them, end quote. rathke was likely pressured by acorn to rebrand because it doesn't want to be associated with him anymore, at least publicly. remembe

people wearing acorn t-shirts that acorn says, they're not us! sweet, isn't it? d.n.c. now acorn? well, not really. we are losing our country, for the love of pete, and i don't even know who we're losing it to. we called organizing for america today. they told us, acorn, we have nothing to do with acorn. wait until you see the video. could have fooled me. america's most notorious community organizers were out in full force endorsing the overhaul along with them. a woman who shot the video thought she was showing up at the federal building for a town hall on healthcare. she found out quickly, oh, not so much. when members of acorn realized that there were some opponents like her in the crowd, they directed a police officer to step in and get the dissenters out of the way, and they were directed -- they were directing the police officers. watch this. >> what is the problem? >> we don't want anybody to interact here. glenn: we don't want anyone to interact here. the officer tells multiple supporters of plan, who were again, not yelling. it was a civil conversation in both cases, that

you write about acorn, two chapters on acorn in your book. >> and the seiu, right. glenn: tell me a little bit about the idea and the philosophy of being a community organizer and remaking america. what does that mean to barack obama? >> well, you did a fabulous job of laying out on a theer rhett cral level what the agenda is in terms of transformation, but in order to implement that transformation, of course you need a civilian core, and you need a brigade of foot soldiers implanted in neighborhoods across the city who are at the beck and call of of team obama to, you know, whether it's shaking down bank s, forming a housing entitlement mob, fostering voter fraud, and census shenanigans. you need the bodies. glenn: and even seiu, here is this union that most people don't even know what that union even does, and they're shaping -- they're the ones leading the way on healthcare. >> that's absolutely right. what you've got is a union that has remade itself in the 21st century to recruit the next generation of democrat and hard left foot soldiers, and of course these t

what comes to mind is acorn.rank has been one of the group's most vocal cheerleaders despite the accusations of criminality piling up against acorn. tonight, we look at the next chapter in our acorn series. this time, we're taking a trip around the world. fasten your seatbelts. acorn's founder and former c.e.o. already conquered america. now wade rathke has moved on to the rest of the planet. india. peru. argentina. mexico. canada. dominican republic. kenya. korea. the philippines and indonesia. all countries rathke's organized citizens in as chief organizer of community organizations international, formerly known as acorn international. why the name change? rathke writes this on his chief organizer blog, quote, changing our name, especially in the u.s., not to be confused with acorn. i know of no plans whatsoever for acorn to change its name, but you'd have to ask them, end quote. rathke was likely pressured by acorn to rebrand because it doesn't want to be associated with him anymore, at least publicly. remembe

acorn. glenn has it in his hands, next. s rçs to me all the time. helping you save money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. glenn: i started here in a break just a second ago, and we will get into more of this tomorrow, but what i just said to you about this whole reparations thing, i know this is what we're on to here. i know it. he said to you, if you understand that barack obama is a community organizer, you will understand what he is doing. ok. community organizer. he is building a new framework to our country. he nominates a supreme court justice that is into social justice. that's leveling the playing field beyond the law, which leads us to socialized everything, aka socialism. in the end, he says, and this is what he says on the campaign trail, he's not for reparations because they don't go far enough. we need healthcare. we need everybody to go to college, et cetera. we have no reparations, and we have no capitalism, which leads him in his mind to justice, to justice. t

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members of its local chapters share goals an office space with none other than acorn. seiu, acorn. and obama. branches of the same tree. and that's s-eiu in a nutshell. eric: they showed up in full force at the big acorn anniversary party in washington last month. this program caught up with some of the attendees. >> you are with s-eiu, yeah? >> let me ask you a question, you guys are union, but yet you don't allow -- they don't allow acorn to unionize? is that an issue? what is your name? eric: unions like seiu pumping money into acorn's bank account. kevin mooney has the figures. break it down for us. i have read your articles. some of the numbers are staggering what goes on. people should understand how much money is being passed back and forth between people who want to benefit from the obama administration. >> absolutely. we found in just a three-year period, labor unioned donated almost $10 million to acorn and their state affiliates and their allied organizations. 7 million of that came from the service employees international union. certainly seiu, as your program has docum

he mentions community groups, which i am guessing is acorn.lenn: church groups, i'm guessing it is your grandma's church or jeremiah wright's church, i'm not sure. does he refer to it as an army or troops in the book? >> he refers to them as troops an soldiers. glenn: america, here is what i want you to understand. when you're talking about overwhelming the system, ask yourself, are you overwhelmed right now with what is going on? is john conyers overwhelmed with what is going on when he says "what difference does it make? i can't read it in two days, so why don't i just sign it?" isn't that a a sign that the system is overwhelmed and doesn't work? well, why would you want to overwhelm the system? why would wade rathke say hey, there's a lot of benefits out here, and we just got to get everybody onboard for these benefits? why would you do that? it is called the chow ard and piven strategy. it is the cloward and piven strategy. this is important you understand what it is. here it is in a nutshell. >> the cloward and piven strategy, richard clo

this could be an additional $1.5 billion for acorn.o not forget, in over 12 states so far this year, acorn has been indicted for voter fraud. i think we should raise the bar a little bit before we shovel out more taxpayer money to this organization. sean: even if we made a profit, does anyone think the quadrupling of the deficit and $10 trillion in obama debt that he is accumulating, that maybe we should pay down that debt? >> exactly. if that were your family or my family, that is what we would do. if we had to take out a loan because we were in a tough situation, wouldn't you think that we would pay back that loan? i will tell you one thing. the bank would make sure we do. that is what i'm doing as a member of congress and my fellow republicans. we are acting as the board of directors, so to speak, saying, pay your bills back. do not be borrowing on borrowed money. it is time we think about the taxpayers. that is not what the democrats in the house are doing. sean: cap and trade passed in the house. as we were discussing with john ka

acorn is no exception. the bureau -- census bureau has reiterated that acorn -- they're actually one of thousands of organizations. they're really -- their purpose in this whole thing is to try to he courage people to respond to the census. that's what they're about. trying to make sure that people respond to the census. we are right here in this cope o-- right here in this copy of the constitution, it lays out the responsibilities we have as a federal government. it is spelled out in the constitution. says we are expected to do this. every 10 years we are supposed to conduct a census. it says we are supposed to count everybody. we're supposed to count everybody. and we need, just like captain -- a team needs a good carnghts a school needs a good principal, a country needs a good president, a census bureau needs a good director. we've been seven months without a census bureau director. we're supposed to turn the light switch on april 1 and do the census. it is a big deal. hundreds of thousands of people inv

acorn have commented. they saw the initial summary and as always said they were a legitimate nonprofit group working to and foreclosures for affordable health care, build a stronger economy. the ceos said in an interview that initial review indicates the document to be any recycled and repackaged attack on their good work, relying on documents provided by past employees. jane: today they are filing a lawsuit. what is that about? >> right. they claim prosecuting former employees are unconstitutionally being sued. so 7 people were arrested, and five were former acorn employees. acorn is now suing. jane: can you believe this? the dead sea may be slowly disappearing. mike is in it, in a sense. where are you? >> i am up above the dead sea. imagine this. you're hiking along and minding your own business and the earth swallows you up. sinkholes caused by the receding dead sea hang around. i will bring this story to you e. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. fin

>>> new allegations against acorn.ng the organization of corruption. this report alleging the group used taxpayers' support, you foe what that means, your tax dollars, for political purposes. in fact, campaign contributions. in fact, the report is now calling for criminal investigations by the justice department. if it is proven, how should acorn be held responsible? could this be messy battle in kong? let's ask a republican from utah, also a member of the house oversight and government reform committee that issued the report. this is just a portion it is extensive congressman, i took a look 88 pages total, detailing a number of allegations. tell me why you did the investigation and the report? aren't there already some criminal investigations pending against acorn? >> well, an next tkoelt al reports we've heard -- anecdotal reports we've heard about voter fraud across the country as you put together this web you find there are 365 organizations out there, that all fall under the umbrella of acorn supposedly tax exempt

look at acorn, these community organizers, they intimidate and bully.is way. >> no congressional oversight. america is disappearing before our very eyes. it's very sad and scary i l. i wish the america would wake up. the socialism is terrifying, especially in the automobile industry. we're the going see in it health care and energy. social. is rushing toward us. >> glenn: ben, we've been friends for a long time. we disagree but i consistently say we have been stripping everything out of america. socialism is coming. at what point are you going to say, we are in real trouble? >> i think we're in real trouble. i don't think it's george w. bush's fault. he didn't understand what was going on. >> glenn: one was in a steam train and one was a jet plane. >> henry paulson was one that turned it over. washington still got their fingers in there. it's very scary, the constitution is important document and to throw it away is very terrifying. >> glenn: thank you very much. >> what is goldman sachs have to do with acorn? well, you'll >> glenn: do you remember the

investigating acorn off the factor's! >> thanks for staying with us, i'm bill o'reilly in the kelly file segment tonight, silverton, oregon is a town southeast of portland, population 7400. the mayor of the town is stu says is he a transgender person. meaning he dresses like a woman does stu. that causes controversy he showed up at a youth event in heels and short skirt. the factor producer was a bit confused by all of that and sought out mr. rasmussen. >> well, do you think it's appropriate to wear that type of clothing in front of 10-year-olds? 11-year-olds and 12-year-olds? >> these 10 and 11-year-olds been coming to my business for a years on first name business. >> what about traditional families, don't you think their children should have the option of having their children not see that? >> this is 2009. i mean, would these same families 30 or 40 years ago be concerned that the mayor had showed up and happened to be black? we live in a democracy. the community has decided they elected me as their mayor. now, i will

glenn: americorps, basically the new acorn, but -- forget about acorn.this is the government he's acorn. this is inside. it's turning into an absolute nightmare. you now have your loan's tied in -- i want to see if i have this in. they are going to forgive your loans if you work for the government or one of the approved agencies but no religious agencies. >> an approved group. glenn: the ones most likely getting something from the government, right? >> right, they're already on the take, right. glenn: and then, if you are an employee there, if you are somebody who is working there, and you become one of these bureaucrats, you can also join a union, can you not? >> that's right, that's right. it expands all enterprise. this is government, inc. this is part of the notion of pushing aside the private sector, private social communities, civil society in favor of creating a national community that's run by government, warranted by government and they determine where you go, where you work, who you serve, what you do. this has always been their objective and n

up next, big reality check, louisiana is moving against acorn off information provided by the factor.and then the beach boys stepping up to help some wounded warriors. ♪ jamaica ♪ i want to take you to bermuda, . . bill: reality check where we aggressively pursue the truth wherever it may lead us, check one, as you may know the factor and the glenn beck program have been investigating the community organization acorn, which has had big trouble across the country. well, we found out that millions of dollars are flowing into a former funeral home in new orleans with acorn controlling the money so we asked louisiana governor bobby jendle to launch a state investigation. now, that has happened louisiana attorney general buddy caldwell says corruption unit is looking into acorn and its affiliates. caldwell has set up a phone number if anyone has any information about acorn you can call 225-326-6120. so way to go louisiana and we'll keep you all posted on what they find out. check 2. with the u.s. government currently spending massive amounts of money, some are worried that speculators will

look at acorn, these community organizers, they intimidate and bully.e have czars and intimidating and bullying to get this way. >> no congressional oversight. america is disappearing before our very eyes. it's very sad and scary i l. i wish the america would wake up. the socialism is terrifying, especially in the automobile industry. we're the going see in it health care and energy. social. is rushing toward us. >> glenn: ben, we've been friends for a long time. we disagree but i consistently say we have been stripping everything out of america. socialism is coming. at what point are you going to say, we are in real trouble? >> i think we're in real trouble. i don't think it's george w. bush's fault. he didn't understand what was going on. >> glenn: one was in a steam train and one was a jet plane. >> henry paulson was one that turned it over. washington still got their fingers in there. it's very scary, the constitution is important document and to throw it away is very terrifying. >> glenn: thank you very much. >> what is goldman sachs have to do wit

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sotomayor's leadership role at the prlpef and its work with acorn, are you really surprised that acorn endorsed the nominee on its website? acorn's vice president maria polanko says, they are, quote, inspired by president obama's pick, but will congress will alo be inspired by this connection during sotomayor's hearings, enough to make her the country's first hispanic wise latina woman justice. judge sotomayor, the prldef, acorn, and president obama. branches of the same tree, and that's judge sonia sotomayor, in a nutshell. coming up, don't let anyone tell you it's not easy being green. just check out the global warming bill. there are green banks and government backed green bonds. guess who is going to benefit? it also starts with a g and has an e in the middle. general electric is erasing the line between business and government, next. (mom) soon, we'll be doing homework, getting up early, packing lunches and running for the bus. and we're ready for it. because we took all our lists and we went to walmart. since walmart checks other store's prices... i didn't have to. that means we

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more trouble for the left-wing group acorn.epublicans are calling for and criminal investigation for this group which does, among other things, voter registrations. republicans say the business is an ongoing criminal enterprise, guilty of fraud. here is an excerpt from the report that we have gotten. it goes on from there. they talk about how they have provided contributions of money and resources to everyone from rod blagojevich to president obama, when he was running for office. talking about them using money that was given to them by the government that is not supposed to be used for political purposes. in the meantime, we are joined by one of a lawmaker's behind the report, congressman stephen king. this is pretty big. they are calling for this group to be criminally investigated by the department of justice. now you want hearings to see how much of our taxpayer money has gone to these efforts. you say that you have proof of our money was used for their political causes? >> that is what i understand the report says. i have

bachmann: and it's good times for acorn. they received $53 million in direct federal grants since 1994. but now they've hit it big. the slot machine is paying off now. because now they have access to $8.5 billion, billion, $53 million was chump change for acorn. now they have potentially access to $8.5 billion. mr. king: i'd like to kick this over to louisiana. i gave the bait for new orleans here. i yield to the doctor from louisiana. mr. fleming: i just wanted to mention think a know gentlemen and lady know that the president spoke on this very subject tonight while we were actually talking ourselves and i just got some input. some interesting things he said here. number one, he said, he acknowledges that the people of america are becoming skeptical because there haven't been any laws lately that have positively affected them. i think that's an understatement from our president. also, he makes the claim that there's no bureaucracy, there will be no gap between the patient and the doctor, the sacred dr.-patient relationship

you can't fight acorn. you can't fight the unions. look at the money alaska has spent trying to smear her one way or another. look at the machine that she's up against. get real. bye! host: in anchorage, alaska, john on our line for republicans. good morning. caller: yeah, i kind of echo the previous caller on that. i mean, as governor, she earns $155,000 a year. her husband works for an oil company on the north slope. he doesn't make a lot of money. he has been a commercial fishermen. these are real live honest people, and that's something the press can't stand, the liberals can't. i think she pulled out because they were bleeding her family to death. host: john, did you vote for gov forepalin when she ran for governor and when she ran for vice president? >> caller: yes, and yes. although, i couldn't stand her running mate, mccain. i figured that the republicans really went out of their way to screw the whole thing up, and when i heard that -- when john mccain became the runner, i knew right then they were going to lose because he wa

i think americorps is becomin our republic-owned acorn. i think this thing is spiraling out of control and there are people like president obama, and there are people like ted kennedy who know exactly what the plan is with americorps. i mean, we have been talking about it all week. we have been talking about how you can get loans, and if you work for the government, all of a sudden those loans are going to be relieved. they are driving people in to become slaves, you know, behind a government telephone working for the government. i think that's exactly what is happening. >> yeah, there is an old saying that america is turning into a country where there are more people voting for a living than working for a living. that's what happens when you expand programs like americorps and other summer jobs that the government is up to right now. glenn: i appreciate it, jim. thank you so much. i have to tell you this. i don't know if you know -- does anyone remember when barack obama was on the campaign trail and he said i'm going to have an army of p

the trust placed in acorn to act a responsible steward, acorn has proved itself to breaking or our lawsndermining our political process. during the 2008 federal election cycle, it mobilized its grassroots organization to effect through voter registration. it is now under investigation in 14 states regarding allegations of fraud lept activities that were undertaken by the organization as part of its voter registration campaigns. whereas acorn was charged with voter fraud in nevada. it has admitted submitting fraudulent voter registration. whereas because of its behavior during the 2008 election cycle, it's important that acorn be prohibited from receiving any additional taxpayer funding. whereas the need to prohibit additional funding to acorn led the gentleman to submit this amendment to the committee on rules. whereas the gentleman's amendment complied with all rules of the house for amendments to appropriations measures and would have been in order under an open amendment process, but regrettably, the house democratic leadership has dramatically and historically reduced the opportunit

and not this crazy debt, the problem is that tactics of the democratic party with the in roads of acorn, the extraordinary money advantage that they're going to have, and the use of technology and digital platforms like social networking, face book, twitter, et cetera, they're really good at that, and that's where republicans are going to have to get a whole lot better. sean: if we look at the numbers now, corzine can lose in new jersey, bob mcdonald could win in virginia, harry reid could be defeated. if you were to look at your most optimistic projection, what do you think the republicans could realistically pull off in 2010? >> we could get back to close to parity. there are some great republicans lining up. in was in alabama in huntsville not long ago. there's a great guy name les phillips, he's an african-american conservative, naval academy graduate, former navy pilot, he's the whole package. i look at guys like that, and i see that we have some terrific candidates who are standing up speaking out, and i think they're going to give us a great reason to be optimistic in 2010. sean:

and not this crazy debt, the problem is that tactics of the democratic party with the in roads of acorn, the extraordinary money advantage that they're going to have, and the use of technology and digital platforms like social networking, face book, twitter, et cetera, they're really good at that, and that's where republicans are going to have to get a whole lot better. sean: if we look at the numbers now, corzine can lose in new jersey, bob mcdonald could win in virginia, harry reid could be defeated. if you were to look at your most optimistic projection, what do you think the republicans could realistically pull off in 2010? >> we could get back to close to parity. there are some great republicans lining up. in was in alabama in huntsville not long ago. there's a great guy name les phillips, he's an african-american conservative, naval academy graduate, former navy pilot, he's the whole package. i look at guys like that, and i see that we have some terrific candidates who are standing up speaking out, and i think they're going to give us a great reason to be optimistic in 2010. sean:

not just americorps -- not just acorn, but now americorps. you remember michelle obama's words on the campaign trail. >> barack obama will require youth to work. barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolveed, uninformed. >> barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual. are we to believe she is kidding or haphazardly stringing words together and it came out in a sentence? these people are steering our youth into community service. ted kennedy and his ilk are pushing the idea of forced mandatory service. they are inventivizing working for the government with promising now to pay off college loans. of course the catch is you have to federalize your loan before they will pay t he wants you to work as a bureaucratic slave to government. you work for them for ten years, and you don't have to worry about any debt for education. maybe i'm crazy for going down this road, but from what we already know about washington, the truth is always stranger than fiction, and the sooner we realize that, the faster we'

look at acorn. what do they do these community organizers? they intimidate, they bully. here we have the czars going in and intimidating and bullying to get their way. this is america. >> with no congressional oversight. america is disappearing before our eyes, glenn. america is like being fed into a garbage disposal. it's very sad and very scary, and i wish the american people would wake up and see what's going on. already, the socialism that has arrived in this country since january 20 iser is phiing, especially in the automobile industry, we're going to see it in healthcare, and we're going to see it in energy. socialism is not just creeping towards us. it is rushing towards us. glenn: ben, we have been friends for a long time. we disagree on a lot of stuff, but i have been consistently saying we are stripping everything out of america for two years i have been saying socialism is coming, and not because of barack obama but because of george w. bush. nobody would listen to me. at what point are you going to say we are in real trouble? >> i'm saying it right now. i thi

conyers that today, today the government reform committee released a report on acorn. and i have read the executive report on acorn and from my perspective, if the 82 pages of report that's released support the statements made in that executive summary, it has -- it is earthshaking for me to read all the implications of that. so i know that you've had some real interest in looking into acorn to examine the propriety of the operations they have, the very breadth of all the corporations that are affiliated and i would just inquire if the gentleman's had an opportunity to read the executive summary of the government reform report at this point? mr. conyers: if the gentleman will yield, i haven't read it yet. but i will be reviewing it tomorrow and i'll be prepared to discuss this with him next week. mr. king: and reclaiming my time, i thank the gentleman for that commitment and i look forward to having that dialogue. it's something, you know, i've been very concerned about for many months and i know that the chairman of the judiciary committee has take an real interest in

organization's opposition to former high court nominee and its ties to the community organizing group acorn. nomination hearings begin july 13. you can hear them on c-span radio. host: a look at housing and the economy. on the screen kiss lawrence yun, national association of realtors chief economist during his what is the latest? guest: more buyers are coming into the market. we have seen three straight months of rightistrise in pendie sales. the closings have also been rising. there is some buying activity. mostly it is on the lower price points. people are looking for bargains. at least on the sales activity, it looks like we may be hitting bottom or near bottom. >host: declines in home prices are beginning to slow. can you explain that? >>guest: a combination of lower prices. those with jobs -- we are in a challenging environment in terms of the economy. the low interest-rate environment is also helping. the stimulus package also includes a first-time home buyer tax credit. some people are trying to take advantage of the tax credit before it expires at the end of november. there is by y

says saying acorn will be in charge of collecting data. when it comes to this claim, what do you say, bill? >> that one gets our lowest rating," pants on fire" in our truth-o-meter. congresswoman bachman has quite a record on politifact. she's 0 for 5. everything we have checked has been wrong. in this case she's wrong they have been paid. she's wrong they are going door to door. acorn is a partner helping to recruit workers for the census that one gets a "pants on fire." >> one connected to this. she said because of this she's not going to be answering the census completely. the only thing required of the constitution is that you say how many people are in your household. you say that's also misleading for people. >> yeah. we gave that one a "pants on fire," too. she's in effect telling people to break the law. federal law requires you answer all questions on the census. so for her to say that it's wrong that she's wrong that the constitution says that, we gave it a "pants on fire" because we thought it was remarkable a congresswoman woul

this could have been written by acorn, hoe on a side note, the news reports that they might get casharmarked for the health care bill for community based organizations. when asked about it chris dowd, i don't know if corn is going to get the money or not. so, you got it. this is in preference to the best institutions that are turning out our doctors but the institution with the most diversity. we shouldn't be dishing out grants based on what hospital -- it looks like an old navy commercial. also the office of civil rights and office of minority health. what kind of health bill shall what is that? they're going to be maintaining and presenting federal data to see if they can identify gaps when his obama team was dreaming this up. his former advisor, robert reich said, quote, i am concerned as i am concerned that these bills simply not go to high skilled people that are already prsmgs or white male construction workers. i have nothing against them. i am just saying that have other needs as well. >> glenn: let's just make this a job training program. obama's new green czar, van jones, w

eliminate acorn from this, no, we can't have a vote on that on the floor of the house, according to the rule committees and we also have special preferences that are set up in this bill that i believe are unconstitutional. equal protection under the law. these preferences go to either the -- they go to underserved organizations or disabled veterans or women or minorities. if you're not a disabled veteran, the only way you qualify as a woman or minority -- may i have an additional 15 seconds. ms. foxx: i yield an additional 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. king: i ask the body to think about what that means. we have equal protection under the law, a constitution that should protect us all equally, yet we have legislation before the congress that defines, it will go especially to women and minorities and if you look at the cross-section of american society, it specifically excludes white men. i think it's discriminatory, i think we need to preserve these resources to go to disabled veterans, that's my amendment, it was turned down and the chair declare

the acorn people. let me ask you this.nç illegals that are working below minimum wage, working in awful conditions? why would they want to do that unless they were trying not to protect american jobs but just trying to get rich and have a whole bunchç of new people sign up to be union members? >> you hit it, glenn. they want more of the forced dues that comes from a new union members, regardless of their status, whether they are here from not -- from union members. glenn: all right, i appreciate it. there is nothing like starting your -- going after the unions. we will be right back in just a minute. . . . bglenn: sorry, i was just playing with my little dashboard obama. can you get a tight shot of this. you can get it now that glennbeck.com. i want to thank you so much for reading "common sense."

the acorn people. let me ask you this.ç illegals that are working below minimum wage, working in awful conditions? why would they want to do that unless they were trying not to protect american jobs but just trying to get rich and have a whole bunchç of new people sign up to be union members? >> you hit it, glenn. they want more of the forced dues that comes from a new union members, regardless of their status, whether they are here from not -- from union members. glenn: all right, i appreciate it. there is nothing like starting round power chair, where would you go next? the statue of liberty ? the grand canyon ? the family picnic... it's all possible with a hoveround. tom: hi i'm tom kruse, inventor and founder of hoveround. when we say you're free to see the world, we mean it. call today and get this free information kit that gets you back on the road to mobility and independence with a hoveround power chair. henry kazimier: "it gives me an opportunity to be a part of the family." before you go out and about, let's st

this could have been written by acorn, hoe on a side note, the news reports that they might get cash earmarked for the health care bill for community based organizations. when asked about it chris dowd, i don't know if corn is going to get the money or not. so, you got it. this is in preference to the best institutions that are turning out our doctors but the institution with the most diversity. we shouldn't be dishing out grants based on what hospital -- it looks like an old navy commercial. also the office of civil rights and office of minority health. what kind of health bill shall what is that? they're going to be maintaining and presenting federal data to see if they can identify gaps when his obama team was dreaming this up. his former advisor, robert reich said, quote, i am concerned as i am concerned that these bills simply not go to high skilled people that are already prsmgs or white male construction workers. i have nothing against them. i am just saying that have other needs as well. >> glenn: let's just make this a job training program. obama's new green czar, van jones,