Don’t Look Now
The Senate Budget Committee, chaired by Senator Kent Conrad, wants to cut $4 billion from the president’s International Affairs Budget—the part of the budget funding almost all of our anti-poverty work, from fighting global AIDS to making sure the hunger crisis doesn’t turn into a starvation crisis.
This is an outrage we don’t have to stand for. A bipartisan amendment now in the Senate would restore the full $4 billion to the president’s International Affairs budget, and it’s going to be voted on as soon as Wednesday. Your voice, as a constituent and a ONE member, is the most powerful force there is in support of this amendment.
Please call your senators right now and ask them to vote for the Kerry-Lugar Amendment to restore the cuts to the budget and keep America’s promise to the developing world, helping end global poverty and preventable diseases.
Check back on the ONE Blog for further news and analysis about this extremely disheartening development—and our work to make sure stop this cut.
-Josh Peck
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