Congress did not "fund" ACORN anymore than it "funded" Halliburton. ACORN holds government contracts, for which it is paid for doing work.

ACORN needs to get out of that business, IMO, and concentrate on what it does best, which is to organize the powerless into voting blocks. While I agree they are the victims of a political hit job, they are obviously a very poorly managed organization, and poor management is a good enough reason to end their participation in these type of contracts.