ACORN has received at least $53 million in federal funds since 1994, according to House Republicans. On Thursday, ACORN suggested Congress was caving in to pressure from conservatives.

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The House voted Thursday to deny all federal funds for ACORN in a GOP-led strike against the scandal-tainted community organizing group that comes just three days after the Senate took similar action.

ACORN, started in 1970, has been praised for its much of its activism and treated by federal, state and local governments as a valuable public resource. But as it grew, so did it's problems.

WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to deny all federal funds for ACORN in a GOP-led strike against the scandal-tainted community organizing group that comes just three days after the Senate ...