S. 2433: Global Poverty Act of 2007 - Obama's Bill Forces US Tax Payers To Pay...Global Poverty
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.
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Bill Status
Committee AssignmentsThis bill is in the first stage of the legislative process where the bill is considered in committee and may undergo significant changes in markup sessions. The bill has been referred to the following committees: Related LegislationSee AlsoRelated bills identified by Library of Congress staff. H.R. 1302: Global Poverty Act of 2007
(Status: Passed House)
Other Bills with the Same TitleThe list below shows legislation in this and previous sessions of Congress that had the same title as this bill. Note that bills may have multiple titles. Often bills are incorporated into other omnibus bills, and you may be able to track the status of provisions of this bill by looking for an omnibus bill below. 109th
Congress:
H.R. 3605
(Status: Dead)
110th
Congress:
H.R. 1302
(Status: Passed House)
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Comments
It amazes me. Barack Obama can't be bothered to vote on most issues but then he authors some of the most outlandish and obvious pandering bills that don't stand a chance of making it through congress.
Grr...I still might be forced to vote for a REPUBLICAN.
OK...I take back my initial statement. Where does it state that Obama is forcing every American to pay for the poverty stricken world? It simply asks the President to follow through on his pledge to help. As I read the bill, it asks the president to put something besides empty promises out and to come up with an actual plan. These are the specific actions called for :
I actually don't have a problem if some aid is expanded upon - as long as it is appropriate and actually helps people.
Not a bad bill.
Any funds we give needs to have transparency and accountability from those whom it's given.
What deficit? We don't need to talk about no stinkin' deficit!
Cliff Kincaid, the leader of the watchdog group America's Survival, is urging the U.S. Senate to reject a bill introduced by Barak Obama that Kincaid says would subordinate U.S. foreign policy to the United Nations.
The measure is known as "The Global Poverty Act of 2007" (S. 2433). It would require the president of the United States 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." The bill, introduced in the Senate on December 7, 2007, is sponsored by Democratic presidential frontrunner Senator Barack Obama.
Cliff Kincaid, president of America’s Survival, states he is very concerned about Obama's legislation, which has already been approved by a voice vote in the Senate Armed Services Committee and is similar to a bill passed by the House last year (H.R. 1302). Kincaid says the Senate bill would commit the United States to $845 billion in foreign aid over a 13-year period.
"This bill subordinates U.S. foreign policy to the U.N. and commits us to fulfill what are called the U.N. Millennium goals -- that is, 0.7 percent of GNP to foreign aid. And that means we've got to come up $845 billion," he laments.
According to Kincaid, S. 2433 references the U.N. Millennium Declaration of the Year 2000, which calls for innovative sources of finance for development. "That's U.N.-speak for global taxes," says Kincaid -- in other words, U.S. taxpayer money.
"Everybody knows it; they don't want to admit it -- but when they talk about innovative sources of financing for development, they're talking about a global tax on energy, carbon fossil fuels, and so forth," he argues. "That's how they intend to force us to pay."
Kincaid says American citizens must urge their senators to ultimately reject Obama's Global Poverty Act, which the activist says would do nothing to alleviate the problem in the first place.