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===ACORN===
===ACORN===
The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to defund ACORN, 345-75 on September 17, 2009. Seventy-five Democrats stood with [[ACORN]] while ACORN's biggest cheerleader Barney Frank decided not to cast a vote. <ref>[http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/House-votes-to-cut-off-ACORN-funding-59647917.html House votes to cut off funding, but 75 stand by ACORN, Washington Examiner, September 17, 2009]</ref>
The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to defund ACORN, 345-75 on September 17, 2009. Seventy-five Democrats stood with [[ACORN]] while ACORN's biggest cheerleader Barney Frank decided not to cast a vote. <ref>[http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/House-votes-to-cut-off-ACORN-funding-59647917.html House votes to cut off funding, but 75 stand by ACORN, Washington Examiner, September 17, 2009]</ref>
===Marijuana===
Frank is the author of a bill to decriminalize marijuana for medical purposes. Also, Frank was present when authorities arrested his same-sex partner for [[marijuana]] possession, cultivation and use of drug paraphernalia in 2007. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/06/barney-frank-present-partner-arrested-pot/ Barney Frank Present When Partner Arrested for Pot, FoxNews, November 6, 2009]</ref> He claimed he was unaware his partner had marijuana plants.
==See also==
==See also==