Record Number of Elected Officials Sign Budget Letters
This year, ONE worked with the U.S. Global Leadership Campaign (USGLC) in their efforts to garner Congressional support for bipartisan letters asking President-elect Obama to make greater investments in diplomacy and development. Today the USGLC announced that a record 217 members of Congress signed on to the letters pledging their support for a robust U.S. International Affairs Budget. This includes 51 Senators and 166 Representatives (you can see the full list here).
As we keep you updated on day-to-day developments in the Obama team’s transition process, strong grassroots support will be needed to ensure Congress and the president-elect provide greater foreign aid. With the help of ONE members and activists across the United States, the USGLC has mounted a very successful campaign to seek broad bipartisan support from our elected officials in the fight against extreme poverty.
You can read more about today’s news here.
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December 17, 2008 at 3:56 pm
keep up the good job
December 17, 2008 at 4:04 pm
This only proves,even more so,that when we unite as a people and speak out for what we believe is right…all things are possible! You rock ONE! Continue fighting the good fight…
December 17, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Please get the funding for those suffering from poverty and preventable diseases worldwide. This should be our NUMBER ONE priority.
Thank you,
Annette Frasinetti
December 17, 2008 at 4:26 pm
I’m so grateful that some higher consciousness is reaching the White House, and I feel hopeful that ONE is out there making sure they do the RIGHT thing. It’s a beginning!! It gives me hope for human kind.
THANK YOU!
Kimberly Kassner
December 17, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Everyone Is Going Conscious
December 17, 2008 at 5:49 pm
ONE is on the right track. One way to fight the hunger and poverty is to pay the farmers and landowners to produce instead of paying them NOT to produce.
Second: Take all commodities off the speculative market. Look at what happened to gas when speculation eased due to the recession and look at what is happening when a rumor is cast that the Saudia’s plan on cutting production; immediately the price of oil increases.
Commodities are a need for every person on this little planet we live on, speculators have no business reaping gigantic rewards causing the ordinary citizens to do without.
December 17, 2008 at 7:22 pm
great job guys. it’s such a great feeling knowing that we really can get things done!
December 17, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Cool Beans!…if one voice is heard, well thats all it takes to make a difference!
December 17, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Well Allright!This proves if everyone had a caring heart and a conscience,we could change the world.
December 18, 2008 at 5:01 pm
THis is your chance to make history. Do not let it pass.
December 18, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Together we can do it. I will remain available to sign and forward letters. YES WE CAN
December 18, 2008 at 8:43 pm
/chuckle
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/cry
December 19, 2008 at 9:41 am
Great job everyone! It would be wonderful to bring those women and children in those camps into modern civilzation wouldn’t it? Is it possible? Look how they still live……….And to think, I don’t even like to go camping…….The things they went through are unimaginable, I can’t even fathom the terrible things the suvivors wittnessed……… Do they still live like herds of animals? All together in a small space surrounded by armed guards to protect them? Safe but just existing? I live in America and have never been to Darfur so of course I don’t know anything except what is fed to me through the media……………I will stay tuned………………..
December 20, 2008 at 7:52 pm
I keep up with the phone calls that are necessary and I have to admit that the drama queen in me goes a bit overboard. But what can I say when we get this type of response???
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let’s Keep UP the Good work.
Peace. Love and (En)Light~~
Ms. Lorraine Vigil
Santa Barbara, Calif.
December 23, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Bless you! Bless all of us! Keep going. We’ll get there.
December 30, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Great job, lets hope for better times, and more good results! God’s speed to His mature and responsible Children who listen to Jesus — for all!
January 19, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Hello fellow ONE member,
I appreciate Bono speaking out on behalf of the worlds poor and sick. Don’t forget that the number one question asked Obama was “Will you legalize marijuana?”. Think about the benefits that medical cannabis can have on the millions of suffering Africans. I am very disturbed when I hear that UN Police are using international aid money to persecute cannabis growers in Africa and destroy such an important beneficial crop. Bono has enormous influence on UN leaders, and some of the world’s most powerful people. Please don’t think for a moment that by removing cannabis the UN is in any way helping the poor people of Africa or any other continent. This is a grave injustice, and I’m sure the sick and dying Africans effected by such laws would agree. The cannabis plant can help to provide food, clothing, shelter, safe medicine, and eco-friendly fuel. If the One Campaign really wants to help the poor, we should let them grow hemp, and if we must get involved, help them succeed in taking advantage of the many benefits of the hemp industry.
I hope Bono keeps up the good work, and helps to stop the bad work.
Thanx. www.nycamp.org