The Chronicle of Philanthropy

House Rejects $100-Million Supplement for AmeriCorps

By Ian Wilhelm

Washington

The U.S. House of Representatives dealt AmeriCorps another blow last month when it denied the embattled national-service program $100-million that would have prevented the program from having to significantly reduce the number of participants this year.

The House voted 219 to 200 not to include the money in an emergency-spending...

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