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woolldog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 10:05 PM
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Gobal Poverty Act--Obama?
Can someone tell me about this Global Poverty Act sponsored by Obama?

I've been hearing a lot of rw'ers complaining about $845 billion worth of aid to the rest of the world in that bill. I have no idea what to make of it.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 10:11 PM
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1. This bill.....
http://www.borgenproject.org/globalpovertyact.html

Actual bill
http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:S.2433:

The Global Poverty Act Overview
The Global Poverty Act requires the
President to develop and implement a
comprehensive strategy to further the
United States foreign policy objective
of promoting the reduction of global
poverty, the elimination of extreme
global poverty, and the achievement
of the Millennium Development Goal of
reducing by one-half the proportion of
people worldwide, between 1990 and
2015, who live on less than $1 per day


passed the house via a voice vote


30 Senate sponsors:
COSPONSORS(30), ALPHABETICAL : (Sort: by date)
Sen Biden, Joseph R., Jr. - 2/12/2008
Sen Bingaman, Jeff - 5/22/2008
Sen Boxer, Barbara - 6/12/2008
Sen Brown, Sherrod - 5/8/2008
Sen Cantwell, Maria - 12/7/2007
Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. - 7/15/2008
Sen Casey, Robert P., Jr. - 6/2/2008
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham - 7/15/2008
Sen Collins, Susan M. - 5/13/2008
Sen Dodd, Christopher J. - 2/12/2008
Sen Durbin, Richard - 2/7/2008
Sen Feingold, Russell D. - 2/13/2008
Sen Feinstein, Dianne - 1/23/2008
Sen Hagel, Chuck - 12/7/2007
Sen Harkin, Tom - 2/28/2008
Sen Johnson, Tim - 2/29/2008
Sen Kerry, John F. - 4/1/2008
Sen Klobuchar, Amy - 7/28/2008
Sen Kohl, Herb - 7/15/2008
Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. - 7/16/2008
Sen Lugar, Richard G. - 2/5/2008
Sen Menendez, Robert - 2/11/2008
Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. - 5/13/2008
Sen Murray, Patty - 2/27/2008
Sen Schumer, Charles E. - 6/17/2008
Sen Smith, Gordon H. - 3/10/2008
Sen Snowe, Olympia J. - 2/25/2008
Sen Stabenow, Debbie - 7/24/2008
Sen Webb, Jim - 7/24/2008
Sen Wyden, Ron - 6/23/2008



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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 10:51 PM
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2. a link to text:
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woolldog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 02:37 AM
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3. Thanks
Do you know where the 845 billion dollar figure is coming from?
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