Call Now for $2.1 Billion!


Jun 21st, 2007 12:00 PM UTC
By Virginia Simmons

Right now, the House is debating the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill, which would increase poverty-focused development assistance in the 2008 budget by a record $2.1 billion.


Please call 1-800-786-2663 to tell your representative to vote YES on HR 2764 and to oppose any amendments that cut poverty fighting assistance.

Below is a list of all the proposed amendments, all of which ONE opposes:

The Amendments by REP. JEB HENSARLING, R-Texas, which cut vital

poverty-focused development assistance for the world’s poor, include:

-An amendment (#19) to reduce funding for the Global HIV/AIDS Initiative

by $1.2 billion, bringing funding to the FY 2007 level.

-An amendment (#21) to reduce funding for the Peace Corps by $14 million,

bringing funding to the FY 2007 level.

-An amendment (#23) to reduce funding for the Millennium Challenge

Corporation by $48 million, bringing funding to the FY 2007 level

(for a full list click here? You don’t need to list them all unless you want to)

REP. JIM JORDAN, R-Ohio, will offer an amendment (#26) to reduce funding

in the bill by $2.956 billion, bringing the total to the FY 2007 level.

REP. MARILYN MUSGRAVE, R-Colo., will offer an amendment (#8) to make an

across-the-board cut of 0.5% to all funding in the bill.

REP. ILEANNA ROS-LEHTINEN, R-Fla., will offer an amendment (#9) to

reduce funding for International Organizations by $10.7 million.

MR. TOM PRICE, R-Georgia will offer an amendment to make an across-the-board cutto all funding in the bill.

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  1. Debbie Ksays: Jun 21st, 2007 8:51 PM EST

    June 21, 2007 at 8:51 pm

    Thanks so much, Virginia, for keeping us updated on what is happening right now in Congress regarding funding levels for programs that fight AIDS and extreme poverty in next year’s federal budget.

    I’ve been at work all day and so was not able to keep up with what happened in Congress today.

    Did any of these proposals pass (hopefully not)? And has there been any final decisions made on funding levels in next year’s federal budget for the programs that ONE supports?

    Quite honestly, without the ONE Blog’s posts like this, I would be very limited in my ability to keep up with events in Congress regarding our issues.

    THANK YOU, ONE, for keeping us updated with the important info that we need to help make extreme poverty history in our lifetimes. ~

    Take very good care of each other. Blessings – not just for those who kneel.

    ALWAYS ONE in the Spirit, debbie :)

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