House Approves National Service Plan for Students
The House gave final approval Friday to a slimmed-down version of President Clinton’s plan to offer students help with college tuition in return for national service, but the Senate will not vote on the legislation until after Congress returns from its August recess.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) asked the Senate for unanimous consent to bring the bill to the Senate floor late Friday but Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.) said that Republicans objected because of changes that had been made in the legislation.
The 275-152 House vote on the three-year, $1.5-billion National Service Trust plan was “a major victory” for Clinton, according to Rep. William D. Ford (D-Mich.), who guided the bill in the House.
A House-Senate conference committee approved the compromise package earlier this week, adopting much of the Senate’s three-year, $1.5-billion version.
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