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GIVE Act: strips First Amendment rights from volunteers (George Miller) - 3/25/2009

... Volunteerism and Education" Act (HR1388) that would prevent volunteers from engaging in a wide range of activities otherwise allowed under the First Amendment. Details on that here. The activities include "[o]rganizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes" and religious and political activities. Whether that's truly unconstitutional is an open question.

Jim McDermott's scary "Congressional Commission on Civic Service" (mandatory national service) - 3/25/2009

... Volunteerism and Education", HR1388) that would establish a commission to study how the U.S. could establish a mandatory community service program. The "Congressional Commission on Civic Service" would study among other things:

GIVE til it hurts: House passes volunteerism expansion bill - 3/20/2009

... Education Act, known as the GIVE Act (HR1388) -- sponsored by Reps. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y, and George Miller, D-Calif. -- was approved by a 321-105 vote and now goes to the Senate. The legislation, slated to cost $6 billion over five years, would create 175,000 "new service opportunities" under AmeriCorps, bringing the number of participants in the national volunteer program to 250,0...

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