Frank and Lowey Debate Against the Lewis Amendment
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Late this afternoon, Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA) introduced a potentially devastating amendment cutting $506 million in multilateral aid from the State-Foreign Operations Appropriations bill. In just a few hours before the amendment’s presentation, hundreds of ONE members across 60 key districts registered calls to their representatives asking for a NO vote on the Lewis amendment.
Watch Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) eloquently argue against the amendment and defend U.S. multilateral aid on C-SPAN:
The vote on the Lewis amendment is slated for sometime between 6 and 6:30 this evening. Stay tuned for more news!
-Emily Stivers
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July 10, 2009 at 10:06 am
Looks like the bill passed anyway.
Does anyone have a copy of the Kay Granger Amendment that actually passed?
July 10, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Hello Frank,
what’s the “Kay Granger” Amendment?
She’s my Rep. here in Fort Worth….
July 12, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Please See this article. It explains it
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/balance_of_power/2009/07/congress-suddenly-remembers-it.html