Dole disappoints; no direct funds amendment offered.(Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole)
Nation's Cities Weekly, October, 1995 by Quist, Janet
Sen Bob Dole had indicated that he would submit a crime bill amendment permitting public safety funds to be sent directly to cities, but such an amendment was never proposed. Pres Carolyn Long Banks of the National League of Cities has expressed her disappointment at Dole's actions.
Local officials were disappointed last week when Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole broke a promise to offer an amendment to a pending crime bill Dole's amendment was supposed to allow public safety funds to be funneled directly to cities.
The Senate rejected a proposal to end the COPS program and convert it to a state block grant program in a victory for the White House last week. But the Senate never had a chance to consider ft with public safety block grants directly to cities and...
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