Take Action – The 2008 Budget

Jan 25th, 2007 10:30 AM UTC
By Virginia Simmons

In less than two weeks, President Bush will submit his request for the 2008 budget , a document that will shape the conversation about global poverty for the entire coming year.

Please take a moment to send a letter to President Bush asking him to fully fund the fight to end extreme poverty in his 2008 budget request.

During the president’s first six years in the White House, the U.S. government made great strides in the fight against global poverty, including tripling direct humanitarian and development assistance to Africa, creating the Millennium Challenge Account, and founding life-saving HIV/AIDS and malaria initiatives. But, even as America has increased our efforts, the scale of our response is still outpaced by the scale of these challenge. Tuesday, during his State of the Union address, the president re-affirmed his commitments to the fight against extreme poverty.

As ONE members, this is a critical moment to make sure that the White House’s bold vision can be realized.

Please take a moment to write to President Bush asking him to fight for developing-assistance aid in his 2008 budget request.

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