Date: July 24, 1979
Subject: Forced Busing
Description: Helms (R-NC) amendment to prohibit funds appropriated for the Justice Department to be used for busing schoolchildren to schools other than the one nearest their home. Busing, as a means of achieving racial desegregation and improving the quality of education, has proved to be wasteful and unproductive.
Result: Amendment Rejected, 37-60
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