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	<title>ONE &#187; Global Poverty Act</title>
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		<title>Great News!</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/02/13/great-news-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Erlenborn, ONE Policy Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Child Survival Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Poverty Act]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held their business meeting this morning. Good news to report: both the Global Child Survival Act and the Global Poverty Act passed through committee!
-Erin Erlenborn
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		<title>Rep. Bachus on the Global Poverty Act</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2007/09/26/rep-bachus-on-the-global-poverty-act/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2007/09/26/rep-bachus-on-the-global-poverty-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Simmons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Poverty Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Spencer Bachus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL), a long-time champion in the fight against global poverty, and a lead sponsor of the Global Poverty Act gave a great speech on the House&#8217;s floor yesterday.
An excerpt:
&#8220;Today in dozens of poor countries all over the world, little boys and girls are born into poverty, disease, and hunger.  Hopelessness and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. Smith on the Global Poverty Act</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2007/09/26/rep-smith-on-the-global-poverty-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Poverty Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Adam Smith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the Global Poverty Act of 2007, H.R. 1302.  This bill states for the first time that reducing global poverty and eliminating extreme global poverty are among our foremost foreign policy goals and that the President must create a strategy to further those goals.
As ONE Campaign community members, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poverty Act Passes House!</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2007/09/25/poverty-act-passes-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Simmons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Poverty Act]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Global Poverty Act passed by voice vote in the House just now!
Back in June, ONE members wrote letters to key representatives to move this bill out of committee and ONE super volunteers have been working to move the bill ahead for months. During today&#8217;s debate, members of Congress gave ONE partners Bread for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Poverty Act on the Floor</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2007/09/25/global-poverty-act-on-the-floor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2007/09/25/global-poverty-act-on-the-floor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Simmons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Poverty Act]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Representative Smith and Representative Bachus and several of their colleagues are speaking on the floor now about the Global Poverty Act.
Watch on TV on live online on C-Span.com.
The bill would require the U.S. government to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to reduce global poverty.
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		<title>Something Shaking on the House Floor</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2007/07/26/something-shaking-on-the-house-floor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2007/07/26/something-shaking-on-the-house-floor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Simmons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Poverty Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Growth Act]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Farm Bill &#8212;  The House is debating the rule to consider the Farm Bill now. The Fairness Amendment will be the first amendment considered after the rule is passed.
News on other ONE priorties:
GROWTH Act  &#8212; Senator Hutchison has agreed to co-sponsor the GROWTH Act bill with Senator Durbin. One of our super volunteers, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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