The Senate Carves $90 Million Out of Stimulus For Liberal Activist Group


The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (”LCCR”) is a far left interest group.

The group opposed conservative judges. The group agitates for card check. The group is in favor of the Fairness Doctrine. It is chiefly an agitator for affirmative action programs and tries to pressure banks into giving high risk loans like those that caused the housing crisis. If you oppose them, they label you a racist.

LCCR operates like ACORN. And the Senate Democrats are about to give the $90 million of your money.

Under the cover of the digital television conversion delay, the Senate Democrats want to give the LCCR $90 million.

On page 38 of the Senate version of the stimulus, under the section “Digital-to-Analog Converter Program”, the Senate carves out “$90,000,000.00 . . . for education and out-reach, including grants to organizations for programs to educate vulnerable populations, including senior citizens, minority communities, people with disabilities, low-income individuals, and people living in rural areas, about the transition.”

Sounds innocuous. Here’s the catch:

The program is managed by the Department of Commerce. The program is managed by the Department of Commerce. And the Department of Commerce gave access to the DTV education money to only two groups exclusively: the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (N4A) and the LCCR’s Education Fund.: the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (N4A) and the LCCR’s Education Fund.

Here’s where it gets funny. Each group is now only getting about $2 million.

The Senate believes it needs to give $90 million more — and only these organizations will be able to get their hands on the money. Only these two groups — one group that helps senior citizens and one group whose members were Democrat foot soldiers in 2008 and, with the “administrative costs” they’ll be able to take in overhead, will be well funded for coming elections.

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They don't need the money...

Jeff Weimer Monday, February 2nd at 12:01PM EST (link)

Their press release says so:

http://www.civilrights.org/archives/2009/01/041-dtv-centers.html

And why would the need $90 mil for the last 3 weeks (Feb 17 is the day we lose the airwaves) when they’ve received $2 mil over the last few YEARS?

“We stand at once the wonder and admiration of the whole world, and we must enquire what it is that has given us so much prosperity. This cause is that every man can make himself.” - Abraham Lincoln

“Cowardice asks the question, is it expedient? And vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right?” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

You tell me

Erick Erickson Monday, February 2nd at 12:39PM EST (link)

Hmmm . . .

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Who will stand on either hand and keep this bridge with me?

 
 

On its face, it looks like political action funding

horse Wednesday, February 4th at 11:39AM EST (link)

Aren’t there laws against this kind of thing? We are restricted in funding our candidates directly, but they can take our money and give it to the organizations who campaign and lobby for them. Taxation without representation?

 

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