In Janruary 2002, President Bush announced a new Freedom Corps initiative, his renaming of the Clinton Administration AmeriCorp program, during his State of the Union address.
In February of this year, the President called for an increase in funding for the program to allow for an increase in the number of volunteers.
Here's what happened yesterday in the House.
Here's a pretty good discussion of why it happened.
Are we all making a list and checking it twice? We should be.
