The Nation - News from June 4, 1986

The Senate urged the White House to release $5 million to refurbish a crumbling Capitol Hill shelter for the homeless--an act that would end a hunger strike by activist Mitch Snyder. The “sense of the Senate” resolution was adopted by voice vote during a day of lengthy negotiations between Congress and the Reagan Administration aimed at breaking a deadlock that prompted Snyder to fast. The White House says it will not release the $5 million until the full House passes a bill to transfer control of the homeless shelter to the District of Columbia, an action that could occur Thursday.