Mike Enzi

Obama’s Remarks on Signing the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act

Submitted by servicewire on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 19:41

Today, President Obama made the following remarks before signing the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act.

The transcript was released by the Office of the White House Press Secretary. Re-play the signing and hear the speech for yourself on CSPAN.
Thank you.  Please be seated.  Thank you.  Well, what an extraordinary day.  It is good to be here with all of you.

Senate To Debate Serve America Bill Monday Afternoon

Submitted by servicewire on Fri, 03/20/2009 - 16:25

The Serve America Act — that will expand national service by leaps and bounds — will finally arrive for debate on the Senate floor Monday, March 23.
The office of Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) — who is managing the bill — says that the Serve America Act will go to the full Senate Monday likely at 3 p.m. EST. Debate could last days.

Senate HELP Committee Authorizes the Serve America Act

Submitted by servicewire on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 10:36

The Senate’s companion bill to the GIVE Act (which passed on the floor of the House yesterday) successfully moved out of committee yesterday and will likely be voted on by the entire Senate membership next week.

In the Senate yesterday, the Serve America Act (S.277) was unanimously approved by the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Similar to the GIVE Act, the Serve America Act seeks to expand national service and volunteer programs, to engage citizens in solving problems facing communities throughout the country.

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