Might of the Living Feds: The Need to Tackle the 1,500-Plus ‘Zombie' Gov’t Departments

The U.S. Capitol on April 3, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

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In 1974, Congress created the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) to connect lower-income Americans involved in civil disputes with free legal help. The law that established the agency stipulated that authorization for its funding would expire in 1980, when lawmakers were required to vote on whether to keep it alive.