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Title
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The bill : how the adventures of Clinton's National Service bill reveal what is corrupt, comic, cynical, and noble, about Washington
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Description
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Offers a detailed and sometimes humourous account of the political process of trying to revamp the college loan system and create the the program now known as AmeriCorps.
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Identifier
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515851
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670853003
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Creator
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Waldman, Steven
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Source
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Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection
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Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.
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Catalog record
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Language
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eng
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Date
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1995
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Program air date: January 29, 1995
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Publisher
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Viking Books
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George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives
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Text
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Transcription of Annotations
Notes on front endpaper: What is the Battered Liberal Syndrome. Underlinings/Notes: Underlinings: Details on Eli Segals, personality, background, career. List of current/former politicians and their attitudes toward student loans/public service. Lamb's underlinings include tensions between politicians/lobbyists/activists/special interests/local government and the bureaucracy. Notes: "Brother Mike in W.H.," "the worst in D.C.," "Clinton," "Vietnam," "Carolyn Staley," " G.I. Bill," "Didn't know cost," "campaign rhetoric," "What process revealed--legal corruption," "home care services," "City Year," "TV doesn't unite," "Milton Friedman," "Income contingent loans," "med. school debt," "Eli Segal," "Clinton's self-deception," "liberal bias," "reporters cynicism," "Clinton-Big states role," "2/3 of money given by states," "House/Senate conference student aid reform bill," "Americorps."
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Subject
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"National service--United States."
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"Student loans--United States."
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Relation
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Original Booknotes interview
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Rights
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