URGENT ACTION: Don’t let Congress cut critical funding
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Within hours, Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA), the ranking member on the House Appropriations Committee, will offer an amendment to the State-Foreign Operations Appropriations bill cutting $506 million from U.S. multilateral contributions. Please call your Representative and ask her/him to vote against this amendment, that would cut critical funding for the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA), the second largest development donor in Africa.
This amendment must not pass. Our funding for multilateral institutions, including the World Bank’s IDA, is money well spent. IDA supports important programs—including debt cancellation, health, education, agriculture, microfinance, business development and more—under a strong, performance-based criteria to make a real, measurable difference in the fight against global poverty.
Please call your Representative now and ask them to vote against the Lewis amendment.
-Tom Hart
PS- For ONE members who’ve never called your member of Congress before, it’s very easy! Here’s a quick video we put together with some helpful tips:
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