S. 2433 - Global Poverty Act of 2007
Foreign policy. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
- Sponsor:
- Barack Obama
- Summary:
- 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
- Sherrod Brown
- Benjamin Cardin
- Robert Menéndez
- Joseph Biden
- Jeff Bingaman
- Barbara Boxer
- Maria Cantwell
- Hillary Clinton
- Susan Collins
- Christopher Dodd
- Richard Durbin
- Russell Feingold
- Dianne Feinstein
- Charles Hagel
- Thomas Harkin
- Tim Johnson
- John Kerry
- Herbert Kohl
- Frank Lautenberg
- Richard Lugar
- Barbara Mikulski
- Patty Murray
- Charles Schumer
- Gordon Smith
- Olympia Snowe
- Debbie Ann Stabenow
- Ron Wyden
- Amy Klobuchar
- Robert Casey
- Jim Webb
- 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 given to Senators from interest groups that…
supported this bill
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, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel K. Akaka | D | HI | $10 | $0 |
| Andrew Lamar Alexander | R | TN | $500 | $0 |
| Alan Wayne Allard | R | CO | $0 | $0 |
| John Barrasso | R | WY | $0 | $0 |
| Max Baucus | D | MT | $18,950 | $0 |
| Birch "Evan" Bayh | D | IN | $0 | $0 |
| Bob Bennett | R | UT | $0 | $0 |
| Joe Biden | D | DE | $4,710 | $0 |
| Jesse "Jeff" Bingaman | D | NM | $16,001 | $0 |
| Christopher "Kit" Bond | R | MO | $0 | $0 |
| Barbara Boxer | D | CA | $195,356 | $0 |
| Sherrod Brown | D | OH | $60,610 | $0 |
| Sam Brownback | R | KS | $0 | $0 |
| Jim Bunning | R | KY | $0 | $0 |
| Richard Burr | R | NC | $2,300 | $0 |
| Robert Byrd | D | WV | $500 | $0 |
| Maria Cantwell | D | WA | $161,365 | $0 |
| Ben Cardin | D | MD | $36,701 | $0 |
| Tom Carper | D | DE | $2,300 | $0 |
| Bob Casey | D | PA | $67,013 | $0 |
| Clarence Saxby Chambliss | R | GA | $0 | $0 |
| Hillary Clinton | D | NY | $144,550 | $0 |
| Tom Coburn | R | OK | $0 | $0 |
| William Thad Cochran | R | MS | $2,300 | $0 |
| Norm Coleman | R | MN | $7,100 | $0 |
| Susan Collins | R | ME | $17,650 | $0 |
| Gaylord Kent Conrad | D | ND | $0 | $0 |
| Bob Corker | R | TN | $2,000 | $0 |
| John Cornyn | R | TX | $0 | $0 |
| Larry Craig | R | ID | $0 | $0 |
| Mike Crapo | R | ID | $0 | $0 |
| Jim DeMint | R | SC | $2,800 | $0 |
| Chris Dodd | D | CT | $4,100 | $0 |
| Mary Elizabeth Dole | R | NC | $0 | $0 |
| Pete Domenici | R | NM | $0 | $0 |
| Byron Dorgan | D | ND | $1,250 | $0 |
| Dick Durbin | D | IL | $21,160 | $0 |
| John Ensign | R | NV | $0 | $0 |
| Mike Enzi | R | WY | $0 | $0 |
| Russ Feingold | D | WI | $40,308 | $0 |
| Dianne Feinstein | D | CA | $38,850 | $0 |
| Lindsey Graham | R | SC | $1,250 | $0 |
| Chuck Grassley | R | IA | $5,000 | $0 |
| Judd Gregg | R | NH | $3,000 | $0 |
| Chuck Hagel | R | NE | $0 | $0 |
| Tom Harkin | D | IA | $15,046 | $0 |
| Orrin Hatch | R | UT | $0 | $0 |
| Kay Bailey Hutchison | R | TX | $5,733 | $0 |
| Jim Inhofe | R | OK | $0 | $0 |
| Dan Inouye | D | HI | $2,300 | $0 |
| Johnny Isakson | R | GA | $0 | $0 |
| Tim Johnson | D | SD | $5,800 | $0 |
| Ted Kennedy | D | MA | $12,120 | $0 |
| John Kerry | D | MA | $18,920 | $0 |
| Amy Klobuchar | D | MN | $64,000 | $0 |
| Herb Kohl | D | WI | $0 | $0 |
| Jon Kyl | R | AZ | $0 | $0 |
| Mary Landrieu | D | LA | $2,416 | $0 |
| Frank Lautenberg | D | NJ | $18,403 | $0 |
| Patrick Leahy | D | VT | $12,950 | $0 |
| Carl Levin | D | MI | $23,095 | $0 |
| Joe Lieberman | I | CT | $37,200 | $0 |
| Blanche Lincoln | D | AR | $300 | $0 |
| Chester Trent Lott | R | MS | $0 | $0 |
| Dick Lugar | R | IN | $6,950 | $0 |
| Mel Martinez | R | FL | $11,250 | $0 |
| John McCain | R | AZ | $7,750 | $0 |
| Claire McCaskill | D | MO | $48,610 | $0 |
| Addison "Mitch" McConnell | R | KY | $4,600 | $0 |
| Bob Menéndez | D | NJ | $33,660 | $0 |
| Barbara Mikulski | D | MD | $7,650 | $0 |
| Lisa Murkowski | R | AK | $250 | $0 |
| Patty Murray | D | WA | $76,049 | $0 |
| Earl "Ben" Nelson | D | NE | $1,500 | $0 |
| Clarence "Bill" Nelson | D | FL | $62,655 | $0 |
| Barack Obama | D | IL | $111,942 | $0 |
| Mark Pryor | D | AR | $700 | $0 |
| John "Jack" Reed | D | RI | $5,560 | $0 |
| Harry Reid | D | NV | $37,748 | $0 |
| Charles "Pat" Roberts | R | KS | $0 | $0 |
| John "Jay" Rockefeller | D | WV | $44,700 | $0 |
| Ken Salazar | D | CO | $128,163 | $0 |
| Bernie Sanders | I | VT | $40,570 | $0 |
| Chuck Schumer | D | NY | $39,498 | $0 |
| Jeff Sessions | R | AL | $2,000 | $0 |
| Richard Shelby | R | AL | $2,300 | $0 |
| Gordon Smith | R | OR | $4,600 | $0 |
| Olympia Snowe | R | ME | $10,400 | $0 |
| Arlen Specter | D | PA | $1,000 | $0 |
| Debbie Stabenow | D | MI | $30,310 | $0 |
| Ted Stevens | R | AK | $1,000 | $0 |
| John Sununu | R | NH | $0 | $0 |
| Jon Tester | D | MT | $111,727 | $0 |
| John Thune | R | SD | $0 | $0 |
| David Vitter | R | LA | $3,800 | $0 |
| George Voinovich | R | OH | $0 | $0 |
| John Warner | R | VA | $0 | $0 |
| Jim Webb | D | VA | $40,740 | $0 |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | D | RI | $37,410 | $0 |
| Ron Wyden | D | OR | $3,500 | $0 |
