1.0 link 230054 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laurence-leamer/a-tale-of-two-houses-cong_b_230054.html Often debates in the House of Representatives are little more than ideological diatribes before a largely empty assembly. Thursday, the House was galvanized by a powerful debate set up when Rep. Cliff Stearns of northern Florida put forth an amendment to strip the Peace Corps of the $450 million in the House Appropriations Bill and bring it down to the $373 million in the original bill. That would mean no bold new Peace Corps with the money to expand and...

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