hans von spakovsky is a former member of the federal election commission and his voice carries some weight he mentions the fact that the legislation at issue does not mention acorn by name but rather defunds all companies that have been the subject of voter registration fraud of this sort i've added a phrase and a source cite to include his commentary so you may wish to elaborate in the mainspace also the vote tally in the house and the senate demonstrate strong bipartisan support even most of the democrats turned against acorn after those videos surfaced ultra liberal barney frank said that acorn had forfeited the privilege of federal funding and that quote belongs in this article skoal