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Government

Feb. 17, 2000

Politicians Spar Over Legal Services

WASHINGTON - New session of Congress, same old story. A routine discussion of budget items in a House Judiciary Committee meeting degenerated - or evolved - into a full-blown, racially charged shouting match Tuesday when the panel took up the perpetually hackle-raising issue of Legal Services Corporation funding.

By Daniel A. Shaw
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        WASHINGTON - New session of Congress, same old story.
        A routine discussion of budget items in a House Judiciary Committee meeting degenerated - or evolved - into a full-blown, racially charged shouting match Tuesday when the panel took up the perpetually hackle-raisi...

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