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Mixed Bag in FY22 Senate Foreign Aid Spending Bill

After the Senate failed to pass 9 of the 12 appropriations bills through sub-committee and regular order, Chairman Patrick Leahy, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released the full text of the remaining spending bills on Monday afternoon. This included the State and Foreign Operations (SFOPS) bill, which includes several accounts RESULTS has been advocating for since February. Although there was some good news in the Senate appropriations bills overall—including a proposed 13 percent increase in non-defense programs—the SFOPS bill was a mixed bag.

October 19, 2021 | Coronavirus and Poverty | Global Child & Maternal Health | Global Education | Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria | Global Nutrition | Global Poverty Budget & Appropriations

New bipartisan bill would make big impact on global malnutrition

This week the bipartisan Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act was introduced in the Senate. The legislation (which has a bipartisan companion bill in the House of Representatives) is a positive sign of continued American leadership in global food security and nutrition.

October 8, 2021 | Global Child & Maternal Health | Global Nutrition

A parking lot Zoom meeting with Congress

A parking lot Zoom meeting with Congress

The first time I met with a congressional office, I was sitting in my car in the parking lot outside a busy coffee shop and feeling nervous. A few members of my RESULTS group and I were meeting virtually with our senator’s staff, and it was a little overwhelming not knowing what to expect.

September 1, 2021 | Economic Justice in the Tax Code | Global Child & Maternal Health | Global Education | Global Nutrition | Housing | RESULTS Fellowship

100 days, 100 senators, 50 states – helping set a new agenda against poverty.

100 days, 100 senators, 50 states – helping set a new agenda against poverty.

With a new Congress and Administration in Washington this year, RESULTS wasn’t waiting around. As policymakers started their first 100 days in office, our movement of advocates set out to meet with members of Congress across the country and across the political spectrum.

May 5, 2021 | Economic Justice in the Tax Code | Global Child & Maternal Health | Global Education | Housing

Budget reconciliation is a path to some additional COVID relief, but there’s more work to do.

Congressional leadership is working to pass another COVID-19 relief package through a special legislative process called budget reconciliation. This is a step in the right direction, but the amounts in the proposed budget reconciliation do not go far enough. More advocacy is needed to ensure that the U.S. provides COVID-19 relief on a scale that meets the tremendous need that exists in the U.S. and in partner countries.

February 3, 2021 | Economic Justice in the Tax Code | Global Child & Maternal Health | Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria | Global Nutrition | Global Poverty Budget & Appropriations | Housing

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