The Senate voted Monday to block the Department of Housing and Urban Development from giving grants to ACORN, a community organization under fire most recently after workers in Baltimore were videotaped giving advice on evading tax laws to a couple posing as a pimp and prostitute.

The 83-7 vote would deny housing and community grant funding to ACORN, which stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.

Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin voted for the measure; Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski was not present for the voting. Both are Democrats.

Before the videotaping incidents, ACORN had been under fire for voter registration irregularities during the 2008 presidential campaign, but recent disclosures about the type of advice handed out by the group’s workers has further angered lawmakers.

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