While the U.S. Senate has voted to cut off federal funding to ACORN proper, the House of Representatives has yet to pass the measure and supposedly affiliates would still be eligible. So it’s important to keep on top of these massive funding requests.

The latest request from an affiliate of the corrupt organization totals about $6 million in taxpayer funds. And few would be surprised if the request is actually fulfilled.

ACORN Institute has filed two separate applications with the Commerce Department [for stimulus money]. One in the amount of $3,172,042 and the other in amount of $2,999,903.

The grant description reads as follows:

“The Digital Empowerment Project bridges the digital divide in low-income and minority populations by promoting adoption through grassroots outreach, training participants in computer centers; and providing in-home computers and broadband access. This approach is based on research-driven practices and ensures an efficient and scalable effort to facilitate broadband in disadvantaged populations.”…

As The Examiner has previously reported, ACORN remains eligible for over $8 billion in federal funding through stimulus money and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Congress has been willing to hand over $8 billion in federal funding to ACORN, an organization under investigation in 14 states, under indictment in Nevada, and with dozens of employees convicted of numerous charges relating to their work there. Would it really be surprising if Congress hands a mere $6 million to an affiliate of ACORN? Hardly.