In today's Washington Post, E.J. Dionne wrote a column about the upcoming vote on the GIVE Act.
The entire article is worth a read, but Mr. Dionne points out how important this legislation is to Chairman Miller.
This week, the House is expected to pass a bill that would increase the number of federally funded service slots to 250,000, and the Senate will soon begin moving similar legislation. The proposals build on the initiatives of our past three presidents -- yes, this is an issue on which George W. Bush deserves credit, too -- and it may even produce that much prized but elusive Washington commodity: a large bipartisan majority. The House proposal won committee approval last week with overwhelming support from both parties.
The entire article is worth a read, but Mr. Dionne points out how important this legislation is to Chairman Miller.
Rep. George Miller, a Democrat who chairs the House Education and Labor Committee and is leading the House effort for a service bill, is known as one tough legislative strategist. But he is positively tender when he describes visiting Habitat for Humanity projects, meeting with Teach for America volunteers or spending time with church groups that have provided relief in natural disasters. "It's one of the great rewarding things in politics," he told me.
