Upgrade Update

Oct 1st, 2009 4:05 PM UTC
By Emily Stivers

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has delayed the mark-up of S. 1524, the Foreign Assistance Revitalization and Accountability Act, to Monday, October 12. That means we have another week to tell our senators to Upgrade Aid.

Over 24,000 ONE members signed the Upgrade Aid petition within its first 24 hours — far surpassing our expectations and proving Americans do care about better, smarter foreign aid. Now we need your help to reach 50,000 signatures before we deliver the petition on the day of the mark-up, when we expect it will have the biggest impact.

Please sign the Upgrade Aid petition here, and help us double our impact by sharing it with your friends, here.

Since ONE members began making phone calls on September 17, we’ve registered an amazing 1,110 calls asking the Senate to Upgrade Aid. Three senators have signed on as cosponsors for S. 1524 this week, including Claire McCaskill (D-MO), who received 33 calls from ONE members, Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), who received 36 calls, and Edward Kaufman (D-DE), who received 2 calls. Special thanks to ONE members in Missouri, New York and Delaware for their efforts, and to everyone else who made calls. Here is the complete list of current cosponsors:

Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN)
Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D-MD)
Sen. James Risch (R-ID)
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN)
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA)
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD)
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO)
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Sen. Edward Kaufman (D-DE)

You can still make phone calls on behalf of this bill, here. And don’t forget to sign the petition.

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