• President signs $5.7 billion measure to boost volunteerism
  Susan Milligan, The Boston Globe, 04/22/2009

• Obama signs bill expanding national service programs
  Rebecca Cole, Los Angeles Times, 04/22/2009

• National service act continues U.S. tradition
  Scott Neuman, NPR, 04/21/2009

• Obama signs volunteer bill with nod to Kennedy era
  Peter Baker, The New York Times, 04/22/2009

• New legislation triples service program
  Nia-Malika Henderson, Politico, 04/21/2009

Click on the articles below to read more about Congress’ passage of H.R. 1388, The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act.

• House bill expands ways to enter public service
  The Boston Globe, 04/01/2009

• Worthy AmeriCorps program to benefit veterans
  Editorial, The Virginian-Pilot (Hampton Roads, VA), 04/01/2009

• Congress passes Serve America Act to encourage and reward service
  Joe Sestak, Newsblaze.com, 04/01/2009

• Bill expands volunteer opportunities
  Anne Marie Chaker, The Wall Street Journal, 03/31/2009

• Congress backs public service program expansion
  Thomas Ferraro, Reuters, 03/31/2009

• National service corps set to become law
  David M. Herszenhorn, The New York Times, 03/31/2009

• House passes sweeping national service expansion
  CNN, 03/31/2009

• Congress expands national service
  Brian Montopoli, CBS News, 03/31/2009

• Congress gives community service programs a boost
  David Lightman, The Miami Herald (FL), 03/31/2009

• Bill tripling size of AmeriCorps heads to president’s desk
  Kelly Field, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 03/31/2009

• House approves amended version of national-service bill
  Suzanne Perry, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, 03/31/2009

• National service bill clears Congress
  UPI, 03/31/2009

• Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act waiting for Obama’s signature
  Amanda Adams, OMB Watch, 03/31/2009

• Congress expands AmeriCorps volunteer program
  Ann Sanner, The Associated Press, 03/31/2009

• Congress passes bill to make Vets’ Corps
  Rick Maze, Army Times, 03/31/2009

The following are a sample of the numerous editorials and opinion pieces written in support of the Serve America Act.  Please browse our news archive for more from newspapers across the country.

• Answering the Call Again
  William R. Richardson and William G.T. Tuttle Jr. et al., The Washington Times, 03/26/2009

• Serve Act Speaks to the Heart of America
  Harris Wofford and John Bridgeland, Roll Call, 03/26/2009

• A renewal of Kennedy’s call for national service
  Editorial, The Denver Post, 03/26/2009

• Does the U.S. need a new call to public service? Two views
  Michelle Nunn and Brian Brown, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 03/25/2009

• Expanding National Service
  Editorial, The New York Times, 03/24/2009

• An Ideal That Crosses The Aisle
  E.J. Dionne Jr., The Washington Post, 03/16/2009