Advocates Mobilize To Make Case To Save Service Program
Washington
As the House debated a budget plan last week that calls for eliminating the Clinton Administration's community-service program, supporters were trying to convince a subcommittee that the federal effort is worth saving.
Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations--a former Peace Corps volunteer who supports the program--said he convened the hearing to give its directors a chance...
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