December 11, 2003
Congress Approves Increase in National-Service Budget
Congress has agreed to give the AmeriCorps national-service program $444-million for the 2004 fiscal year, $170-million more than last year.
The move was a sharp contrast to decisions Congress made earlier in the year, when lawmakers refused to provide additional funds for the program amid reports of management and budget troubles at the Corporation for National and Community Service, which runs AmeriCorps.
The shortage of funds forced the agency to cut as many as 20,000 of the
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