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House and Senate take action against ACORN

latimes.com
Sep. 18, 2009
Congress passes measures that would bar federal funds for the community advocacy group accused by conservatives of voter fraud and assailed over video showing workers advising how to skirt the law. Trying to dodge a building conservative firestorm, the House and Senate made clear Thursday that...
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch