House Rejects Bids to Boost Global AIDS Funds

[Khephra]

House Rejects Bids to Boost Global AIDS Funds
Thu July 24, 2003 01:59 AM ET
By Vicki Allen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Backing President Bush, the House of Representatives on Thursday defeated Democrats' efforts to boost funds to fight the AIDS pandemic by shifting money from Bush's new foreign aid program and from drug-fighting efforts in Colombia.

The early-morning votes came before the Republican-led House passed by 370-50 a $17.1 billion foreign aid spending bill that would bring U.S. funding to fight global HIV/AIDS to $2 billion next fiscal year. That is up from the current $1.56 billion but below the $3 billion called for in legislation Bush signed into law in May to launch his initiative.

Democrats said Bush, who toured AIDS-ravaged Africa earlier this month touting his $15 billion five-year plan, raised expectations that the United States would provide $3 billion next fiscal year starting on Oct. 1 to lead the global effort, but then asked Congress for just $2 billion.

The House rejected 228-192 an amendment to shift $300 million to global AIDS from the new Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) that rewards poor countries that make reforms with economic aid.

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http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=3147826

[leftyandproud]

1. the gop doesn't want to help poor black people???

:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

***GASP!!!!***

[sham]

2. Well, Bono, what do you have to say now?

"Democrats said Bush, who toured AIDS-ravaged Africa earlier this month touting his $15 billion five-year plan, raised expectations that the United States would provide $3 billion next fiscal year starting on Oct. 1 to lead the global effort, but then asked Congress for just $2 billion."

You got into bed with the devil and now you're getting f*ckd. Still think the Shrub means ANYTHING he has said about Africa? There's nothing in it for him. He lied about Africa just like he lied about everything else. The boy-king is probably sitting on his throne, giggling maniacally as I type this.

:puke:

[dArKeR]

3. 'Africa short-changed by US Aids funding'

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=68&art_id=qw1059150242143B232&set_id=1

Aids activists were outraged and analysts said United States credibility in the region would be hurt after the US House of Representatives passed a bill authorising a billion dollars less in Aids funding than they had expected.

US President George Bush signed a bill in May calling for $15-billion (about R120-billion) over five years to combat HIV and Aids, especially in Africa and the Caribbean. However, the White House later asked for $2-billion in funding for 2004 and threatened to veto a final foreign aid bill that shifted money to global Aids.

The bill didn't specify how Congress was going to produce the $15-billion, but activists had expected $3-billion a year over the five-year period.