Date: October 12, 1977
Subject: Legal Services Corporation
Description: Helms (R-NC) substitute for the bill to turn responsibility for legal services over to the states through state-option delivery plans rather than the staff lawyer delivery system of the Legal Services Corporation. Legal services for the poor would be handled by the states instead of the federal "service centers" which tend to be staffed by left-wing activists.
Result: Amendment Rejected, 23-67
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