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US tells Head Start centers not to lobby against overhaul By Laura Meckler, Associated Press, 5/29/2003 WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is warning Head Start centers not to aid lobbying efforts to defeat its proposed overhaul of the preschool program for the poor. The centers' national association, which vehemently opposes the administration's plans, says the warning amounts to an unconstitutional attempt to silence critics. Federal law bans using government money or staff time to lobby Congress. But if a Head Start teacher talks to a Head Start mother about legislation and urges her to call her representative in Congress, is that lobbying? to read more... http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/149/nation/US_tells_Head_Start_centers_not_t o_lobby_against_overhaulP.shtml
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