Rep. Jerry Lewis

Frank and Lowey Debate Against the Lewis Amendment

Jul 9th, 2009 5:56 PM UTC
By Emily Stivers

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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