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...tens of thousands of students who depend on AmeriCorps??€™ average $4,724 grant to pay for college, it can mean the difference between an interesting, rewarding career and a dead-end, minimum-wage job. By putting those students to work on important service projects, AmeriCorps funding also helps build strong, happy communities—and it has bipartisan support across the country. A program like AmeriCorps cries out to be dramatically expanded to help young people build skills while at the same time serving their country in a positive and peaceful way. But President Bush?...
Recently, Senate and House negotiators inserted a provision to restore AmeriCorps??€™ previous funding level—and then some—into the omnibus budget bill that the Senate will vote on this month. Following its passage in the House in December, the bill is expected to pass the Senate after it reconvenes next Tuesday. This is great news. President Bush should sign the bill, which calls for $444 million—$10 million more than he asked for in his 2003 State of the Union Address. Bush said in that speech that he hoped...
...response to a question from a woman who works for AmeriCorps??€”a federal volunteer program—Bush said, “I love...