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Government

Feb. 16, 2011

Obama Seeks Bigger Legal Services Budget

The Obama administration requested an increase to Legal Services Corp.'s funding to $450 million in the 2012 budget request announced Monday.


By Robert Iafolla


Daily Journal Staff Writer


WASHINGTON - Showing a commitment to paying for poor Americans' access to legal counsel even as pressure for lower government spending mounts, the Obama administration requested an increase to Legal Services Corp.'s funding to $450 million in the 2012 budget request announced Monday. That's $30 million more than the organization's current operating budget and $90 million more than what House R...

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