Global Poverty Act
Guide Note: The Global Poverty Act is a bill sponsored by presidential candidate Barack Obama. The legislation would mandate the United States to spend 0.7 percent of gross national product on foreign aid, equaling about $845 billion in additional aid over the next 13 years. The House version of the bill passed in September of 2007.
Fast Facts:
- Supported by Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joe Biden
Global Poverty Act News
- Topix.net: Global Poverty Act
- Google News: Global Poverty Act
- National Ledger: Barack Obama's Global Tax Proposal Up for Senate Vote (February 12, 2008)
- Bill requires the President to develop strategies to reduce global poverty and to achieve the Millennium Development Goals set forth by the United Nations in 2000.
Global Poverty Act Background
- GovTrack.us: S. 2433: Text of Legislation
- Washington Watch: H.R. 1302, The Global Poverty Act of 2007
- Sierra Club: Global Poverty Act overview
Global Poverty Act Blogs and Commentaries
- American Thinker: Obama gets down to specifics, and it's not pretty (February 14, 2008)
- Glenn Beck: Obama's Global Plan (February 14, 2008)
- Huffington Post: Reclaiming Economic Freedom (January 24, 2008)
- Google Blog Search: Global Poverty Act
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