Washington, D.C.—Today, Congressman Joe Donnelly joined 37 of his colleagues in sending a letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban Development to request that they support language in the final FY 2010 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act that would prohibit the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) from receiving federal funds.

“I was deeply troubled to see a video recently in which ACORN employees offered to falsify tax documents and help individuals supposedly involved in prostitution obtain a mortgage,” Donnelly said. “In the face of stark proof that ACORN has systemic problems supervising its workers and a corresponding loss of the public’s trust, I do not believe that federal funds should be used to support this organization.”

The House of Representatives and the Senate have passed different versions of the spending bill that funds the Department of Transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban Development and negotiators from each chamber will meet to craft compromise legislation. In the Senate’s version of the bill, an amendment was adopted that would prohibit ACORN from being eligible for any funds under the bill.

To read a copy of the letter, click here.

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