Senate Restores CDBGs to Budget

All the headlines note that the U.S. Senate is refusing to go along with President Bush's cuts in Medicaid, but for followers of local politics, the restoration of cuts in the Community Development Block Grant program is the big magilla.

Mayor Garner just returned from Washington, D.C. and the National League of Cities meeting. Intense lobbying from that group yielded commitments from Senators Lugar and Bayh, among others, to maintain their commitment to this critical funding program for America's cities.