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10-31-2008, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Bucco
WHOA..WHOA...you made an accusation concerning the sharing of wealth and were called on it and you are not responding....you just keep throwing stuff out there...there is a name for that !
How about you respond to your first accusation on this thread where you tried to imply, weakly, that somehow in Alaska there is some kind of socialism or redistribution of wealth as Sen Obama has publicly called for in his Global Poverty act !
How about it ???????
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alot of names on this deal,, funny how only Obama is ever mentioned??? Things that make you go HHHUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMM
The Global Poverty Act (H.R.1302) was introduced in the House of Representatives by Reps. Adam Smith (D-WA) and Spencer Bachus (R-AL) and collected 84 cosponsors before it was passed on September 25, 2007. A companion bill (S.2433) was introduced in the Senate by Senators Barack Obama (D-IL), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) on December 7, 2007. There are currently 16 cosponsors in the Senate, including Christopher Dodd [CT], Richard Durbin, Richard [IL], Russell Feingold [WI], Dianne Feinstein [CA], Tom Harkin [IA], Tim Johnson [SD], Richard Lugar [IN], Robert Menendez [NJ], Patty Murray [WA], Olympia Snowe [ME], Joe Biden, [DE], Gordon Smith [OR], John Kerry [MA]
The Global Poverty Act breaks new ground in three important ways:
http://www.undp.org/mdg/
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill...bill=s110-2433
For the first time achieving one of the Millennium Development Goals will be included in U.S. law.
Over 20 government agencies currently participate in development activities, sometimes at cross purposes. The Global Poverty Act would ensure the maximum benefit to those in greatest need by coordinating the efforts of each agency that administers aid.
13 of the world's major donors have reported on their progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals, while the U.S. has not. This legislation would require a regular report to Congress on U.S. progress towards meeting the first Millennium Development Goal.
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