A recent New York Times editorial urges the Senate Appropriations Committee to fully fund the Serve America Act, which would give the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Social Innovation Fund the opportunity to grow in the coming year. The article highlights the decision of the House subcommittee to allocate substantially less money toward the initiative than was requested by President Obama, and the pressing need for key lawmakers to push back. It reads:

Senator Tom Harkin, the Iowa Democrat who is chairman of the chamber’s relevant subcommittee, can make a valuable contribution by leading his colleagues to resist the House cuts to Mr. Obama’s national service request, and then standing firm when the issue goes to a House-Senate conference committee.

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