Where is the Defund Blackwater Act?

The Nation by Jeremy Scahill | Sep. 25, 2009 (Opinion)

Republican Congressional leaders are continuing their witch hunt against ACORN, the grassroots community group dedicated to helping poor and working-class people. Their campaign has gained bipartisan legislative support in the form of the Defund ACORN Act of 2009, which has now passed the House and Senate. Yet the bill was written so broadly that, as Ryan Grim at the Huffington Post has pointed out, it could "plausibly defund the entire military-industrial ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Doug Greer - Sep 25, 2009 - 3:04 PM PDT
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Edited by: Doug Greer - Sep 28, 2009 - 2:39 PM PDT
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Blackwater has a $217 million security contract through the State Department in Iraq—a contract just extended indefinitely by the Obama administration. It also holds ... More »

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