Where is Johnny's toboggan? Get it out and get it waxed. I spoke for a seat on it a long time ago. (This is local, inside stuff but the information below affects the whole United States of America.)
Global Poverty Act of 2007 (H.R.1302, S.2433)
H.R.1302 introduced Reps. Adam Smith (D-WA) and Spencer Bachus (R-AL).*
S.2433 was introduced by Senators Barack Obama (D-IL), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), and Maria Cantwell (D-WA).**
What the Global Poverty Act Would Do
It seeks to eliminate extreme poverty by:
Declaring it official U.S. policy to promote the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the U.N. Millennium Development Goal of cutting extreme global poverty in half by 2015.
Requiring the president to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to carry out that policy. Including guidelines for what the strategy should include — from aid, trade, and debt relief, to working with the international community, businesses and NGOs, to ensuring environmental sustainability.
Requiring that the president’s strategy include specific and measurable goals, efforts to be undertaken, benchmarks, and timetables.
Requiring the president to report back to Congress annually on progress made in the implementation of the global poverty strategy.
*The Global Poverty Act passed out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on July 31, 2007 and was passed by a unanimous voice vote by the full House on September 25. For more information, please contact Katy Quinn with Rep. Adam Smith at katy.quinn@mail.house.gov or (202) 225-8901 or Jason Britt with Rep. Spencer Bachus at jason.britt@mail.house.gov or (202) 225-4921.
** The bill was passed by unanimous consent by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on February 13, 2008.
Click on the link below to see list of all U.S.representatives, including one New Mexican, who voted for yet another way to get in bed with the United Nations and the International Court.
http://www.results.org/website/article.asp?id=2897
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