Via PeaceCorpsConnect, we learn that the Senate has approved an amendment authored by Senator Dodd for a $10 million funding increase for the Peace Corps.
We are happy to report that last night the Senate approved an amendment to the State/Foreign Operations Appropriations bill to increase the Peace Corps appropriation for Fiscal Year 2008 by $10 Million. This raises the Senate funding recommendation for Peace Corps to $333.5 Million - the same funding level approved earlier by the House of Representatives.
The Senate amendment was sponsored by Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT; Dominican Republic 66-68) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). To offset the Peace Corps increase, the amendment included a recommendation suggested by the NPCA to reduce $10 Million in unobligated funds used for foreign military finance programs.
Chris Dodd served in the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic from 1966 to 1968. He's proposed doubling the size of the Peace Corps by 2011 and again by 2050. His American Community Initiative a comprehensive national service plan that will draw upon the very best of our character to call Americans to service.
