Millennium Goals
Resources on the Millennium Goals, poverty reduction, and development can be found here:
http://del.icio.us/jzurek/MillenniumDevelopmentGoals
From CRS Web site:
FY2009 International Affairs Budget
In a remarkable show of strength for the International Affairs Budget, in December a record breaking 185 Members of Congress sent a bi-partisan letter to President Bush calling for a robust FY09 request for these programs. The letter includes a new Senate majority of 60 signatures and a new House record of 125 names. Click here to view letter and signatures.
Global Poverty Act -- S.2433
'A bill to require the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 per day. '
Bill # S.2433
Original Sponsor:
Barack Obama (D-IL)
Cosponsor Total: 3
(last sponsor added 12/07/2007)
2 Democrats
1 Republicans
Resources on the Millennium Goals, poverty reduction, and development can be found here:
http://del.icio.us/jzurek/MillenniumDevelopmentGoals
- The Millennium Challenge Account http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/developingnations/millennium.html
- Millennium Challenge Corporation http://www.mcc.gov/about/index.php
- The One Campaign http://one.org/
- U.S. Agency’s Slow Pace Endangers Foreign Aid http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/world/africa/07millennium.html?ex=1355720400&en=5826576fb3a9c3a5&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
- On Global Poverty Act (S. 2433, HR 1302)
- What We Want to Achieve in 2008--BFW http://bread.org/take-action/ol2008/achieve-in-2008.html
From CRS Web site:
FY2009 International Affairs Budget
In a remarkable show of strength for the International Affairs Budget, in December a record breaking 185 Members of Congress sent a bi-partisan letter to President Bush calling for a robust FY09 request for these programs. The letter includes a new Senate majority of 60 signatures and a new House record of 125 names. Click here to view letter and signatures.
Global Poverty Act -- S.2433
'A bill to require the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 per day. '
Bill # S.2433
Original Sponsor:
Barack Obama (D-IL)
Cosponsor Total: 3
(last sponsor added 12/07/2007)
2 Democrats
1 Republicans