Kennedy-Hatch

(Newsweek, 12/5/94) In a tirade highlighting his routine opposition to AIDS research funding, Helms lashed out at the Kennedy-Hatch AIDS bill in 1988: “There is not one single case of AIDS in this country that cannot be traced in origin to sodomy.”

Jesse Helms Dies at 86 - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Because representatives of the House, Senate and White House have been working together on a bipartisan basis for weeks, the skids are now greased for quick Senate passage of the Kennedy-Hatch Act for national service, the only specific piece of legislation the president mentioned in his address to Congress last month.

An Army Of Changemakers 2009

Known as the Serve America Act, the Kennedy-Hatch bill would triple the number of AmeriCorp volunteers to 250,000 and boost the educational stipend they receive to meet President Barack Obama's goal of teaming community service with tuition assistance.

OpEdNews - Quicklink: Senate Passes Kennedy-Hatch Service Bill 2009

Help to pass the Kennedy-Hatch bill and other measures to build institutions, the new and improved and inclusive versions of the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps, building on the success of the Experience Corps, that give structure and funding to this movement.

Gara LaMarche: Growling and Kicking for Social Change 2009

The Kennedy-Hatch legislation -- it's a bipartisan piece of legislation -- would take it up to 250,000 jobs for young people over the next few years.

CNN Transcript Mar 17, 2009 2009

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OpEdNews - Quicklink: Senate Passes Kennedy-Hatch Service Bill 2009

As a bonus, settlement talks will probably stall any new congressional initiatives, such as the Kennedy-Hatch proposal to raise cigarette sales taxes to fund children's health care.

Smoke Signals 2008

How that will happen, whether through the newly created Kennedy-Hatch bill or other legislation, may be dependent on not only who is in the White House come January, but the condition the economy and what role service is to play in addressing it.

Lynne Glasner: Obama, McCain Calls For National Service Reflect Divergent Experience 2008

There is probably wide, bipartisan support for the new Kennedy-Hatch Serve America Act, at least in theory.

Lynne Glasner: ServiceNation Brings Out McCain, Obama and New York Youth 2008

Helms 'uncaring response to the disease was explained by his tirade the next year against the bipartisan Kennedy-Hatch AIDS bill, when he claimed, "There is not one single case of AIDS in this country that cannot be traced in origin to sodomy."

Erik Ose: Jesse Helms' Shameful Legacy Can't Be Whitewashed 2008