Poverty Act Passes House!


Sep 25th, 2007 12:29 PM EST
By Virginia Simmons

The Global Poverty Act passed by voice vote in the House just now!

Back in June, ONE members wrote letters to key representatives to move this bill out of committee and ONE super volunteers have been working to move the bill ahead for months. During today’s debate, members of Congress gave ONE partners Bread for the World and RESULTS well-deserved shout outs for their excellent work on the legislation.

Note: A Global Poverty Act must be introduced and passed in the Senate, as well, in order for this act to turn into the law.

What would the act do you ask? We’re one step ahead of you, so check out the below. As always, throw questions or comments into the comment thread.

What the Global Poverty Act does:

  • Declares it official U.S. policy to promote the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the U.N. Millennium Development Goal of cutting extreme global poverty in half by 2015.
  • Requires the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to carry out that policy.
  • Includes guidelines for what the strategy should include – from aid, trade, and debt relief, to working with the international community, businesses and NGOs, to ensuring environmental sustainability.
  • Requires that the President’s strategy include specific and measurable goals, efforts to be undertaken, benchmarks, and timetables.
  • Requires the President to report back to Congress annually on progress made in the implementation of the global poverty strategy.

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  1. Phil Deasays: Sep 25th, 2007 5:03 PM EST

    September 25, 2007 at 5:03 pm

    America’s war on poverty has cost untold billions of dollars and millions of lives(abortion).It’s been a multiple generational entrapment for millions more.To force taxpayers,at the end of a barrel of a gun, (just try to not pay)to finance another huge department for yet another redistribution of wealth away from the middle classes to the lower classes,will have the effect of eleminating the rapidly dissappearing middle classes.The new dark ages that will result will be a bennifit to very few.Let’s deligate charity back to the churches,do away with our already overbearing taxes and government,bring back the easily paid ten percent tythe and once again outlaw usury.These steps alone will go a long way to ridding us of poverty.

  2. jsanderssays: Oct 25th, 2008 11:33 AM EST

    October 25, 2008 at 11:33 am

    Wow! Another conservative & realist! So refreshing to see. How about this for you to pass along? Obamanomics: Trickle Up Poverty!

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