Americans for Prosperity-Illinois (AFP-IL) took to the airwaves today with a TV ad that urges Illinoisans to sign the “Say No to ACORN” online petition and stand up against ‘pay to play’ politics asking Governor Quinn to say no to ACORN’s involvement in Illinois politics and their affiliates like the Service Employee International Union (SEIU). 

The good news is that the House voted to de-fund ACORN today. Despite the now overwhelming evidence that ACORN is a corrupt organization however, the vote was far from unanimous.

In fact, 75 Democrats outright opposed de-funding ACORN, along with two Democrats who upheld the great Obama tradition of spinelessly voting “present.” Six Democrats and five Republicans did not vote.

Democrats who voted to keep funding ACORN:

Baldwin D WI No
Becerra D CA No
Brady (PA) D PA No
Brown, Corrine D FL No

by Phil Kerpen

President Obama said businesses that can't afford to offer health care with all the expensive new regulations would be required to "chip in to help cover the cost of their workers." Does that mean he supports the 8 percent payroll tax included in H.R. 3200? That's a huge job-killer at a time our economy can least afford it.

For a back-of-the-envelope estimate of what this tax would mean, we modeled the impact on a static basis of the phased-in 8-percent payroll tax in H.R. 3200. (Big thanks to Joe Coletti at the John Locke Foundation for doing the calculations.)

Now that Jones has resigned, we need to follow through with two critical policy victories. First, stop cap-and-trade, which could send these groups trillions, and second repeal the unspent portion of the stimulus bill, which stands to give them billions.

Phil Kerpen
- FOXNews.com
- September 06, 2009