Monthly Archives: February 2011
“Invest in nation’s ‘smart power’” by Reps. Gerald Connolly (D-VA) and Leonard Lance (R-NJ) Politico—February 17, 2011 Making decisions for the first time about foreign policy and national security is a daunting responsibility — but an important one that freshmen members of Congress face. Fortunately, the advancement of our national security is one issue with [...]
As talk of devastating cuts to the International Affairs Budget continues to rage on the floor of the House, critical voices are speaking out, making clear that International Affairs programs are essential to our national security. Sophomore Congressmen Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Leonard Lance (R-NJ) authored a bipartisan piece for Politico, writing that “standing up [...]
Following the President’s FY2012 budget release on Monday, all eyes have turned to Capitol Hill, where the House will be debating spending bills for the remainder of FY 2011 today and tomorrow. This debate has serious implications for the International Affairs Budget, as the current proposal contains a 19% cut to critical International Affairs programs, [...]
House Debates FY11 Appropriations
Deep Cuts and Amendments for International Affairs Budget
Investments in research and innovation will be essential to meeting the global health challenges of the next decade. In the first speech by a sitting USAID Administrator before the National Institutes of Health(NIH) Dr. Rajiv Shah outlined transformational global health goals to be achieved by 2016. Administrator Shah’s remarks reflected an ambitious program which included [...]
The USGLC’s brand-new Budget Center is live, with all the latest numbers, charts and detailed analysis of both the FY2011 and FY2012 budget processes. Yesterday, the USGLC applauded the Administration’s FY 12 International Affairs Budget request as a critical investment in America’s national security. At a time of intense pressure to cut spending and in [...]
President’s FY 2012 Request Funds International Affairs Budget as Critical Part of National Security
The USGLC applauds the Administration’s FY 12 International Affairs budget request as a critical investment in America’s national security. At a time of intense pressure to cut spending and in the context of an overall freeze on non-security funding, the President has presented an International Affairs budget that protects America’s security interests and maintains U.S. [...]
Smart Power Funding is Critical to our National Security and Economic Growth WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition today rallied behind the Obama Administration’s FY 2012 International Affairs budget request for $53.1 billion, and urged Congress to fully fund the request. At just over 1 percent of the federal budget and 7.1 percent [...]
On Friday evening, the House Appropriations Committee introduced its continuing resolution, which inflicts even deeper cuts than previously announced to the International Affairs budget for the remainder of the current fiscal year. The USGLC is extremely concerned about this legislation. Levels proposed in the House would weaken many of the achievements of both Republican and [...]
House Appropriators continue to consider even deeper cuts to the International Affairs Budget than the previously proposed 13 percent cut. Details of the continuing resolution are expected to be released today. Yesterday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on Egypt and Lebanon with Deputy Secretary of State Jim Steinberg as the principal witness, [...]
