S. 2433 - Global Poverty Act of 2007
Foreign policy. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
- Sponsor:
- Barack Obama
- Summary:
- 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. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill has passed through committee and has been put on a legislative calendar.
There have been no votes on this bill.
Global Poverty Act of 2007
S. 2433 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)
- Summary
- 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. (by CRS)
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- Title
- 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.
- Other Titles
- Global Poverty Act of 2007
- Global Poverty Act of 2007
- Sponsor
- Barack Obama
- Co-Sponsors
- Joseph Biden
- Jeff Bingaman
- Barbara Boxer
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin
- Robert Casey
- Hillary Clinton
- Susan Collins
- Christopher Dodd
- Richard Durbin
- Russell Feingold
- Dianne Feinstein
- Charles Hagel
- Thomas Harkin
- Tim Johnson
- John Kerry
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl
- Frank Lautenberg
- Richard Lugar
- Robert Menéndez
- Barbara Mikulski
- Patty Murray
- Charles Schumer
- Gordon Smith
- Olympia Snowe
- Debbie Ann Stabenow
- Jim Webb
- Ron Wyden
- Subjects
- Foreign policy
- AIDS (Disease)
- Business
- Child health
- Children
- Civil liberties
- Civil rights
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Debt relief
- Department of State
- Developing countries
- Development credit institutions
- Economic assistance
- Economic development
- Economic policy
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Entrepreneurs
- Environmental protection
- Executive departments
- Executive reorganization
- Food
- Food relief
- Foreign aid
- Foreign trade policy
- Health policy
- Human immunodeficiency viruses
- Human rights
- Hunger
- Infant mortality
- International affairs
- International agencies
- International finance
- Malaria
- Malnutrition
- Maternal health services
- Medical care
- Medicine
- Nongovernmental organizations
- Potable water
- Poverty
- President and foreign policy
- Presidents
- Preventive medicine
- Public-private partnerships
- Sex discrimination
- Sustainable development
- Tariff preferences
- Trade
- Tuberculosis
- Water resources
- Women
- Women's rights
- World health
- Related Bills
- Major Actions
Introduced 12/07/2007 Referred to Committee - Bill History
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There have been no votes on this bill.
Action Date Description Introduced 12/07/2007 12/07/2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Put on a legislative calendar 2/13/2008 Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. 4/24/2008 Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Biden with amendments and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 110-331. Put on a legislative calendar 4/24/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 718. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
- Total Contributions
- Contributions by Vote
- $ Near Votes
- Timeline of Contributions
Contributions
- January - February 2003 For $10,500 Against $0
- March - April 2003 For $30,600 Against $0
- May - June 2003 For $24,000 Against $0
- July - August 2003 For $13,735 Against $0
- September - October 2003 For $45,558 Against $0
- November - December 2003 For $36,979 Against $0
- January - February 2004 For $19,423 Against $0
- March - April 2004 For $57,103 Against $0
- May - June 2004 For $48,356 Against $0
- July - August 2004 For $24,669 Against $0
- September - October 2004 For $39,383 Against $0
- November - December 2004 For $8,510 Against $0
- January - February 2005 For $26,850 Against $0
- March - April 2005 For $51,573 Against $0
- May - June 2005 For $50,795 Against $0
- July - August 2005 For $30,000 Against $0
- September - October 2005 For $44,352 Against $0
- November - December 2005 For $81,650 Against $0
- January - February 2006 For $42,737 Against $0
- March - April 2006 For $90,124 Against $0
- May - June 2006 For $138,835 Against $0
- July - August 2006 For $104,010 Against $0
- September - October 2006 For $276,582 Against $0
- November - December 2006 For $42,232 Against $0
- January - February 2007 For $30,300 Against $0
- March - April 2007 For $21,800 Against $0
- May - June 2007 For $43,950 Against $0
- July - August 2007 For $18,850 Against $0
- September - October 2007 For $41,455 Against $0
- November - December 2007 For $32,225 Against $0
- January - February 2008 For $6,000 Against $0
- March - April 2008 For $26,560 Against $0
- May - June 2008 For $37,009 Against $0
- July - August 2008 For $17,010 Against $0
- September - October 2008 For $45,670 Against $0
- November - December 2008 For $3,950 Against $0
Votes
Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office during the 110th U.S. Congress, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MAPLight.org, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2008.
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions By Legislator
Name | Party | State | $ From Interest Groups That Supported | $ From Interest Groups That Opposed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akaka, Daniel | D | HI | $10 | $0 |
| Alexander, Lamar | R | TN | $500 | $0 |
| Allard, Wayne | R | CO | $0 | $0 |
| Barrasso, John | R | WY | $0 | $0 |
| Baucus, Max | D | MT | $18,950 | $0 |
| Bayh, Evan | D | IN | $0 | $0 |
| Bennett, Robert | R | UT | $0 | $0 |
| Biden, Joseph | D | DE | $4,710 | $0 |
| Bingaman, Jeff | D | NM | $16,001 | $0 |
| Bond, Christopher | R | MO | $0 | $0 |
| Boxer, Barbara | D | CA | $148,681 | $0 |
| Brown, Sherrod | D | OH | $60,610 | $0 |
| Brownback, Samuel | R | KS | $0 | $0 |
| Bunning, Jim | R | KY | $0 | $0 |
| Burr, Richard | R | NC | $2,300 | $0 |
| Byrd, Robert | D | WV | $500 | $0 |
| Cantwell, Maria | D | WA | $161,365 | $0 |
| Cardin, Benjamin | D | MD | $36,451 | $0 |
| Carper, Thomas | D | DE | $2,300 | $0 |
| Casey, Robert | D | PA | $67,013 | $0 |
| Chambliss, Saxby | R | GA | $0 | $0 |
| Clinton, Hillary | D | NY | $118,605 | $0 |
| Coburn, Thomas | R | OK | $0 | $0 |
| Cochran, Thad | R | MS | $2,300 | $0 |
| Coleman, Norm | R | MN | $7,100 | $0 |
| Collins, Susan | R | ME | $17,650 | $0 |
| Conrad, Kent | D | ND | $0 | $0 |
| Corker, Bob | R | TN | $2,000 | $0 |
| Cornyn, John | R | TX | $0 | $0 |
| Craig, Larry | R | ID | $0 | $0 |
| Crapo, Michael | R | ID | $0 | $0 |
| DeMint, Jim | R | SC | $2,800 | $0 |
| Dodd, Christopher | D | CT | $4,100 | $0 |
| Dole, Elizabeth | R | NC | $0 | $0 |
| Domenici, Pete | R | NM | $0 | $0 |
| Dorgan, Byron | D | ND | $1,250 | $0 |
| Durbin, Richard | D | IL | $19,660 | $0 |
| Ensign, John | R | NV | $0 | $0 |
| Enzi, Michael | R | WY | $0 | $0 |
| Feingold, Russell | D | WI | $27,108 | $0 |
| Feinstein, Dianne | D | CA | $33,600 | $0 |
| Graham, Lindsey | R | SC | $1,250 | $0 |
| Grassley, Charles | R | IA | $2,000 | $0 |
| Gregg, Judd | R | NH | $1,000 | $0 |
| Hagel, Charles | R | NE | $0 | $0 |
| Harkin, Thomas | D | IA | $13,815 | $0 |
| Hatch, Orrin | R | UT | $0 | $0 |
| Hutchison, Kay | R | TX | $5,733 | $0 |
| Inhofe, James | R | OK | $0 | $0 |
| Inouye, Daniel | D | HI | $2,300 | $0 |
| Isakson, John | R | GA | $0 | $0 |
| Johnson, Tim | D | SD | $5,800 | $0 |
| Kennedy, Edward | D | MA | $12,120 | $0 |
| Kerry, John | D | MA | $18,920 | $0 |
| Klobuchar, Amy | D | MN | $64,000 | $0 |
| Kohl, Herbert | D | WI | $0 | $0 |
| Kyl, Jon | R | AZ | $0 | $0 |
| Landrieu, Mary | D | LA | $2,416 | $0 |
| Lautenberg, Frank | D | NJ | $18,403 | $0 |
| Leahy, Patrick | D | VT | $12,950 | $0 |
| Levin, Carl | D | MI | $23,095 | $0 |
| Lieberman, Joseph | I | CT | $37,200 | $0 |
| Lincoln, Blanche | D | AR | $300 | $0 |
| Lott, Trent | R | MS | $0 | $0 |
| Lugar, Richard | R | IN | $6,950 | $0 |
| Martinez, Mel | R | FL | $7,000 | $0 |
| McCain, John | R | AZ | $1,300 | $0 |
| McCaskill, Claire | D | MO | $48,610 | $0 |
| McConnell, Mitch | R | KY | $4,600 | $0 |
| Menéndez, Robert | D | NJ | $33,660 | $0 |
| Mikulski, Barbara | D | MD | $4,750 | $0 |
| Murkowski, Lisa | R | AK | $250 | $0 |
| Murray, Patty | D | WA | $44,399 | $0 |
| Nelson, Ben | D | NE | $1,500 | $0 |
| Nelson, Bill | D | FL | $62,655 | $0 |
| Obama, Barack | D | IL | $54,028 | $0 |
| Pryor, Mark | D | AR | $700 | $0 |
| Reed, John | D | RI | $5,560 | $0 |
| Reid, Harry | D | NV | $30,148 | $0 |
| Roberts, Pat | R | KS | $0 | $0 |
| Rockefeller, John | D | WV | $44,700 | $0 |
| Salazar, Ken | D | CO | $31,264 | $0 |
| Sanders, Bernard | I | VT | $35,560 | $0 |
| Schumer, Charles | D | NY | $17,748 | $0 |
| Sessions, Jefferson | R | AL | $2,000 | $0 |
| Shelby, Richard | R | AL | $2,300 | $0 |
| Smith, Gordon | R | OR | $4,600 | $0 |
| Snowe, Olympia | R | ME | $10,400 | $0 |
| Specter, Arlen | D | PA | $1,000 | $0 |
| Stabenow, Debbie Ann | D | MI | $30,310 | $0 |
| Stevens, Ted | R | AK | $1,000 | $0 |
| Sununu, John | R | NH | $0 | $0 |
| Tester, Jon | D | MT | $111,727 | $0 |
| Thomas, Craig | R | WY | $0 | $0 |
| Thune, John | R | SD | $0 | $0 |
| Vitter, David | R | LA | $3,800 | $0 |
| Voinovich, George | R | OH | $0 | $0 |
| Warner, John | R | VA | $0 | $0 |
| Webb, Jim | D | VA | $40,740 | $0 |
| Whitehouse, Sheldon | D | RI | $37,410 | $0 |
| Wicker, Roger | R | MS | $2,300 | $0 |
| Wyden, Ron | D | OR | $3,500 | $0 |
