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Candidate Notes on 2007-S2433

 


2007-S2433 on Dec 7, 2007

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.
    Congress makes the following findings:
  1. More than 1 billion people worldwide live on less than $1 per day, and another 1.6 billion people struggle to survive on less than $2 per day.
  2. At the UN Millennium Summit in 2000, the US joined more than 180 other countries in committing to work toward goals to improve life for the world's poorest people by 2015.
  3. The year 2007 marks the mid-point to the Millennium Development Goals deadline of 2015.
  4. The UN Millennium Development Goals include the goal of reducing by 1/2 the proportion of people that live on less than

$1 per day, & cutting in half the proportion of people suffering from hunger and unable to access safe drinking water and sanitation.DECLARATION OF POLICY: It is the policy of the United States to promote 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.

REQUIREMENT TO DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY: The US Government shall develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the US 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 1/2 the proportion of people worldwide who live on less than $1 per day. The strategy shall include specific and measurable goals, efforts to be undertaken, benchmarks, and timetables to achieve the objectives.



Democrats participating in 2007-S2433

Brian Baird s1oWashington Democrat
Tammy Baldwin s1oWisconsin Democrat
Howard Berman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Joe Biden s1oDE Democrat Jr Senator
Earl Blumenauer s1oOregon Democrat
Leonard Boswell s1oIowa Democrat
Bruce Braley s1oIowa Democrat
Maria Cantwell s1oWA Democrat Jr Senator
Lois Capps s1oCalifornia Democrat
Russ Carnahan s1oMissouri Democrat
Julia Carson s1oIndiana Democrat
Emmanuel Cleaver s1oMissouri Democrat
Steve Cohen s1oTennessee Democrat
Jim Costa s1oCalifornia Democrat
Joe Courtney s1oConnecticut Democrat
Joseph Crowley s1oNew York Democrat
Norm Dicks s1oWashington Democrat
Chris Dodd s1oCT Democratic incumbent
Lloyd Doggett s1oTexas Democrat (Re-elected 2006)
Mike Doyle s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Richard Durbin s1oIL Democrat Sr Senator
Keith Ellison s1oMinnesota Democrat
Eliot Engel s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Anna Eshoo s1oCalifornia Democrat
Sam Farr s1oCalifornia Democrat
Chaka Fattah s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Russell Feingold s1oPOTUS Democrat
Dianne Feinstein s1oCA Democrat Sr Senator
Bob Filner s1oCalifornia Democrat
Barney Frank s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Raul Grijalva s1oArizona Democrat
Alcee Hastings s1oFlorida Democrat
Stephanie Herseth s1oSouth Dakota Democratic Challenger
Brian Higgins s1oNew York Democrat
Ruben Hinojosa s1oTexas Democrat
Mike Honda s1oCalifornia Democrat
Jay Inslee s1oWashington Democrat
Jesse Louis Jackson s1oIllinois Democrat
William Jefferson s1oLouisiana Democrat
Eddie Bernice Johnson s1oTexas Democrat
Carolyn Kilpatrick s1oMichigan Democrat
Tom Lantos s1oCalifornia Democrat
Rick Larsen s1oWashington Democrat
Barbara Lee s1oCalifornia Democrat
Sheila Jackson Lee s1oTexas Democrat
John Lewis s1oGeorgia Democrat
David Loebsack s1oIowa Democrat
Zoe Lofgren s1oCalifornia Democrat
Jim Matheson s1oUtah Democrat
Betty McCollum s1oMinnesota Democrat
Jim McDermott s1oWashington Democrat
Jim McGovern s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Jerry McNerney s1oCalifornia Democrat
Kendrick Meek s1oFlorida Democrat
Gregory Meeks s1oNew York Dem./Working-Families
Robert Menendez s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Brad Miller s1oNorth Carolina Democrat
Gwen Moore s1oWisconsin Democrat
James Moran s1oVirginia Democrat
Jerrold Nadler s1oNew York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
Eleanor Holmes Norton s1oDistrict of Columbia Democrat
Barack Obama s1pIL Democratic Jr Senator
James Oberstar s1oMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
Ed Pastor s1oArizona Democrat
Donald Payne s1oNew Jersey Democrat
David Eugene Price s1oNorth Carolina Democrat
Bobby Rush s1oIllinois Democrat
Linda Sanchez s1oCalifornia Democrat
Jan Schakowsky s1oIllinois Democrat
Adam Schiff s1oCalifornia Democrat
Allyson Schwartz s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Jose Serrano s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Brad Sherman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Heath Shuler s1oNorth Carolina Democrat
Albio Sires s1oNew Jersey Democrat
David Adam Smith s1pWashington Democrat
Pete Stark s1oCalifornia Democrat
Ellen Tauscher s1oCalifornia Democrat
Tom Udall s1oNew Mexico Democrat
Chris Van Hollen s1oMaryland Democrat
Maxine Waters s1oCalifornia Democrat
Diane Watson s1oCalifornia Democrat
Henry Waxman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Robert Wexler s1oFlorida Democrat
Lynn Woolsey s1oCalifornia Democrat
David Wu s1oOregon Democrat



Republicans participating in 2007-S2433

Spencer Bachus s1oAlabama Republican
Vernon Ehlers s1oMichigan Republican
Chuck Hagel s1oNE Republican Jr Senator
Richard Lugar s1oIN Republican Sr Senator
Michael McCaul s1oTexas Republican
Dave Reichert s1oWashington Republican
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen s1oFlorida Republican
Christopher Shays s1oConnecticut Republican



Independents participating in 2007-S2433



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 86
Republicans: 8
Independents: 0