Government
Nov. 19, 2011
Legal Services to take a hit while patent office flourishes
Congress is on the verge of slashing spending on legal services for the poor even as it devotes a swell of new federal dollars to processing patents.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - Congress is on the verge of slashing spending on legal services for the poor even as it devotes a swell of new federal dollars to processing patents.
A spending package approved by the House on Thursday calls for a 14 percent budget cut for Legal Services Corp., the quasi-governmental group that distributes grants to local legal aid groups, including 11 in California.
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