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Congressional Sign-On Letters on Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2012House Letter to Obama: Three-Year Pledge to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
Congratulations! Your hard work got 101 representatives to sign a letter to the president asking him to make a three-year commitment of $6 billion to the Global Fund. The letter was initiated Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA). This fall, international donors will gather to make three-year funding commitments as part of the Global Fund’s replenishment process. As the founding contributor and largest donor to the Global Fund, a strong pledge from the U.S. will help leverage additional contributions from other donor countries. Historically, every $1 from the U.S. has been matched by $2 from other sources. Signers (101): Baldwin (D-WI), Berkley (D-NV), Berman (D-CA), Blumenauer (D-OR), Bordallo (D-GU), C. Brown (D-FL), Butterfield (D-NC), Capps (D-CA), Capuano (D-MA), Carnahan (D-MO), Carson (D-IN), Castor (D-FL), Christensen (D-VI), Clarke (D-NY), Clay (D-MO), Cleaver (D-MO), Conyers (D-MI), Cummings (D-MD), D. Davis (D-IL), S. Davis (D-CA), DeGette (D-CO), Delahunt (D-MA), DeLauro (D-CT), Doggett (D-TX), D. Edwards (D-MD), Ellison (D-MN), Engel (D-NY), Eshoo (D-CA), Farr (D-CA), Fattah (D-PA), Filner (D-CA), Frank (D-MA), Fudge (D-OH), Grayson (R-FL), A. Green (D-TX), G. Green (D-TX), Grijalva (D-AZ), Hare (D-IL), A. Hastings (D-FL), Himes (R-CT), Hinchey (D-NY), Holt (D-NJ), Honda (D-CA), Jackson Jr. (D-IL), Jackson-Lee (D-TX), E.B. Johnson (D-TX), H. Johnson (D-GA), Kildee (D-MI), Kilpatrick (D-MI), Larsen (D-WA), Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Lofgren (D-CA), Maloney (D-NY), E. Markey (D-MA), McDermott (D-WA), McGovern (D-MA), McNerney (D-CA), Meeks (D-NJ), B. Miller (D-NC), George Miller (D-CA), D. Moore (D-KS), G. Moore (D-WI), James Moran (D-VA), Nadler (D-NY), Napolitano (D-CA), Norton (D-DC), Oberstar (D-MN), Olver (D-MA), Pastor (D-AZ), Payne (D-NJ), D. Price (D-NC), Quigley (D-IL), Rangel (D-NY), Richardson (D-CA), Rothman (D-NJ), Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Rush (D-NJ), T. Ryan (D-OH), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Sarbanes (D-MD), Schakowsky (D-IL), R. Scott (D-VA), Serrano (D-NY), Shea-Porter (D-NH), Shuler (D-NC), Sires (D-NJ), A. Smith (D-WA), Speier (D-CA), Stark (D-CA), B. Thompson (R-MS), Towns (D-NY), Van Hollen (D-MD), Velázquez (D-NY), Waters (D-CA), Watson (D-CA), Watt (D-NC), Waxman (D-CA), Woolsey (D-CA), Wu (D-OR).
Congressional Sign-On Letters on Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2011Senate Appropriations Letter for International AffairsCongratulations on another terrific letter! 37 senators signed the Senate letter to the leadership of the Appropriations Committee requesting full funding for the International Affairs budget for fiscal year 2011. This letter is one of two efforts (see below) by the Senate to undo the Budget Committee's recommendation to slash $4 billion from theInternational Affairs budget, which would be a terrible blow for poverty-focused foreign aid. This bipartisan letter was lead by Sens. Kerry, Lugar, Durbin, and Feinstein. Signers: Kerry, Lugar, Durbin, Feinstein, Bond, Akaka, Cardin, Casey , Collins, Gillibrand, Lautenberg, Shaheen, Klobuchar, Landrieu , Bingaman, Levin, Johnson, Kaufman, Menendez, Wyden, Sherrod Brown, Lieberman, Tom Udall, Hagan, Merkley, Whitehouse, Mark Udall, Johanns, Leahy, Boxer, Sanders, Mikulski, Specter, Dodd, Begich, Snowe, Franken Senate Budget Letter for International AffairsCongratulations. You joined activists around the country to get 31 Senators to sign a key letter urging the Senate Budget Committee to provide a robust budget for international affairs in this year's (fiscal year 2011) budget. Read the final letter with signatures. Signers: Lugar (R-IN), Kerry (D-MA), Durbin (D-IL), Voinovich (R-OH), Feinstein (D-CA), Menendez (D-NJ), Leahy (D-VT), Brown (D-OH), Udall (D-NM), Reed (D-RI), Levin (D-MI), Specter (D-PA), Wyden (D-OR), Lieberman (I-CT), Franken (D-MN), Sanders (I-VT), Casey (D-PA), Bingaman (D-NM), Kaufman (D-DE), Akaka (D-HI), Feingold (D-WI), Whitehouse (D-RI), Klobuchar (D-MN), Gillibrand (D-NY), Collins (R-ME), Neslon (D-NE), Shaheen (D-NH), Lautenberg (D-NJ), Dodd (D-CT), Bond (R-MO), Boxer (D-CA). Senate Education LetterSens. Feinstein (D-CA) and Isakson (R-GA) initiated a Senate sign-on letter to the appropriations committee urging the maximum possible funding for basic education in the FY11 bill. Signers (14): Akaka (D-HI), Brown (D-OH), Burris (D-IL), Casey (D-PA), Chambliss (R-GA), Dodd (D-CT), Feingold (D-WI), Feinstein (D-CA), Gillibrand (D-NY), Isakson (R-GA), Levin (D-MI), Menendez (D-NJ), Risch (R-ID), Whitehouse (D-RI). House Global Fund Letter55 representatives signed a letter initiated by Reps. Lee (D-CA) and Payne (D-NJ) supporting $1.75 billion for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria in the FY11 budget Signers (55): D. Moore (D-KS); Sires (D-NJ); G. Moore (D-WI); Hinchey (D-NY); Stark (D-CA); Maloney (D-NY); Baldwin (D-WI); Woolsey (D-CA); H. Johnson (D-GA); EB Johnson (D-TX); Loebsack (D-IA); Honda (D-CA); Oberstar (D-MN); Waxman (D-CA); Wu (D-OR); Carnahan (D-MO); Inslee (D-WA); Schakowsky (D-IL); Ellison (D-MN); Conyers (D-MI); D. Edwards (D-MD); A. Hastings (D-IL); DeLauro (D-CT); D. Young (D-AK); Rangel (D-NY); Cleaver (D-MO); Grayson (D-FL); James Moran (D-VA); Lofgren (D-CA); McNerney (D-CA); Fattah (D-PA); Towns (D-NY); Clarke (D-NY); Shea-Porter (D-NH); Waters (D-CA); Larsen (D-WA); Engel (D-NY); Frank (D-MA); D. Price (D-NC); Nadler (D-NY); Watt (D-NC); Gene Green (D-TX); Capuano (D-MA); Grijalva (D-AZ); D. Davis (D-IL); Napolitano (D-CA); Shuler (D-NC); Carson (D-IN); Welch (D-VT); Van Hollen (D-MD); Holt (D-NJ); Becerra (D-CA); Christensen (D-VI); Levin (D-MI); Linda Sanchez (D-CA); House Microfinance Letter32 representatives signed a letter initiated by Reps. Holt (D-NJ) and Reichert (R-WA) supporting $500 million for microfinance in the FY11 budget. Signers (32): Holt (D-NJ), Reichert (R-WA), E.B. Johnson (D-TX), Wu (D-OR), Schakowsky (D-IL), D. Edwards (D-MD), Baldwin (D-WI), Young (R-AK), J. Moran (D-VA), Shea-Porter (D-NH), Lofgren (D-CA), Hirono (D-HI), Van Hollen (D-MD), Peters (D-MI), Inslee (D-WA), Shuler (D-NC), Davis (D-IL), Eshoo (D-CA), Grijalva (D-AZ), Capuano (D-MA), Nadler (D-NY), Berkley (D-NV), Larsen (D-WA), Woolsey (D-CA), Levin (D-MI), McNerney (D-CA), Shuler (D-NC), Snyder (D-AK), Payne (D-NJ), DeLauro (D-CT), Matheson (D-UT), McDermott (D-WA). House Education Letter22 representatives signed the letter initiated by Reps. Pomeroy (D-ND) and Cao (R-LA) supporting the highest amount possible for basic education in the FY11 budget. We only had a few days, so you deserve a big round of applause! Signers (22): Pomeroy (D-ND), Cao (R-LA), Van Hollen (D-MD), E.B. Johnson (D-TX), Loebsack (D-IA), Holt (D-NJ), McDermott (D-WA), Clarke (D-NY), Edwards (D-MD), Lynch (D-MA), Larsen (D-WA), Baldwin (D-WI), Conyers (D-MI), DeLauro (D-CT), Smith (D-WA), Schakowsky (D-IL), Wu (D-OR), Fattah (D-PA), Blumenauer (D-OR), Woolsey (D-CA), Moran (D-VA), Waxman (D-CA). House Letter to Obama for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and MalariaYou did it! 98 representatives to signed the letter initiated by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) to the president asking him to include $1.75 billion for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria in his FY2011 budget (to be released in early 2010). Read the final letter and see all the signatures! Signers (98): B. Lee (D-CA), Inglis (R-SC), Abercrombie (D-HI), Baldwin (D-WI), Berkley (D-NV), Berman (D-CA), Blumenauer (D-OR), Bordallo (D-GU), C. Brown (D-FL), Butterfield (D-NC), Capps (D-CA), Capuano (D-MA), Carnahan (D-MO), Carson (D-IN), Carter (R-TX), Christensen (D-VI), Clarke (D-NY), Clay (D-MO), Cleaver (D-MO), Connolly (D-VA), Conyers (D-MI), Cummings (D-MD), D. Davis (D-IL), Delahunt (D-MA), DeLauro (D-CT), Dicks (D-WA), Doggett (D-TX), D. Edwards (D-MD), Ellison (D-MN), Engel (D-NY), Fattah (D-PA), Filner (D-CA), Frank (D-MA), Fudge (D-OH), Grayson (D-FL), A. Green (D-TX), G. Green (D-TX), Grijalva (D-AZ), Gutierrez (D-IL), J. Hall (D-NY), Hare (D-IL), A. Hastings (D-FL), Hinchey (D-NY), Holt (D-NJ), Honda (D-CA), Jackson Jr. (D-IL), Jackson-Lee (D-TX), E.B. Johnson (D-TX), H. Johnson (D-GA), Kildee (D-MI), Kilpatrick (D-MI), Larsen (D-WA), Levin (D-MI), J. Lewis (D-GA), Lofgren (D-CA), Maloney (D-NY), McDermott (D-WA), McGovern (D-MA), McNerney (D-CA), Meeks (D-NY), B. Miller (D-NC), G. Miller (D-CA), D. Moore (D-KS), G. Moore (D-WI), J. Moran (D-VA), Nadler (D-NY), Napolitano (D-CA), Norton (D-DC), Payne (D-NJ), D. Price (D-NC), Quigley (D-IL), Rangel (D-NY), Rothman (D-NJ), Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Rush (D-IL), T. Ryan (D-OH), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Schakowsky (D-IL), Schiff (D-CA), B. Scott (D-VA), Serrano (D-NY), Shuler (D-NC), Sires (D-NJ), Stark (D-CA), B. Thompson (D-MS), Towns (D-NY), Van Hollen (D-MD), Velázquez (D-NY), Waters (D-CA), Watson (D-CA), Watt (D-NC), Weiner (D-NY), Welch (D-VT), Wexler (D-FL), Woolsey (D-CA), Wu (D-OR), D.Young (R-AK). Appropriations Requests Tools
Background ResourcesAppropriations motivation: Listen to and read Dr. Jeffrey Sachs’ encouraging words about RESULTS’ work on appropriations (February 2009 Global conference call). Why foreign aid matters: The U.S. Must Fully Fund Foreign Aid: Notable Quotations Read the February 2010 global action on how to urge your members of Congress to support these goals. Learn about the appropriations and budget process Letters in Support of International Affairs Spending: Summary of Dept. of Defense and State Letters Supporting the International Affairs Budget Letter from former Secretaries of State to Congress Letter from Secretary Gates to Senate Budget Committee Chair Kent Conrad Letter from over 50 retired military brass Status of FY11 Funding Process for RESULTS-Supported Programs
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