Chalk up another victory for conservatives across the nation.

Today, the Senate overwhelmingly voted in favor of stopping the Housing and Urban Development Department from giving any more grants to the controversial and potentially fraudulent operation known as ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). The vote was passed 83-7, in a Democratic led Senate.

The Senate action came just days after a string of undercover investigations by conservative activists turned up hard proof that a large amount of ACORN employees are quick to give false, misleading, fraudulent, and illegal advice to pretty much anyone that walks in the door – especially “pimps and prostitutes”. The bad publicity also triggered the U.S. Census Bureau to cut ties with ACORN for the 2010 National decennial count. According to Fox News, the reason the Bureau cut ties is because, “ACORN’s conduct and sour public image threatens to taint the bureau’s execution of the 2010 census.”

Losing the Census responsibilities along with taxpayer funding for public housing, ACORN has taken a major financial hit in the last couple of days alone. Bloggers and media personalities have hinted that more undercover video exposing the fraudulent group may surface again, which will probably bring more firings in the days and weeks to come.

From the AP:

Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., said that ACORN has received $53 million in taxpayer funds since 1994 and that the group was eligible for a wider set of funding in the pending legislation, which funds housing and transportation programs.

Not anymore!