African Activist Archive

The mailing says throughout September and perhaps until mid-October the Senate Foreign Operations Committee and eventually the full Senate will consider their Fiscal Year 1996 Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill; this upcoming legislation (currently no public draft is available) will be pivotal in determining aid to Africa; House Resolution 1868 (H.R. 1868) is the House counterpart appropriations bill, passed last month. The mailing says the Senate appropriations proposal is the last opportunity we have to preserve the current funding available or diminish the impact of the cuts for sustainable development for Africa; the spending amounts in the two bills from the House and Senate, will be sent to a conference committee for reconciliation. The mailing says development aid to Africa represents only one-half of one-tenth of 1 percent of the total FY 1995 federal budget. The mailing says your letters, calls and district visits to Congressional offices are desperately needed. The mailing asks people to contact their two senators and Mitch McConnell (R-KY), chair of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee. The mailing invites people to join the WOA Rapid Response Network. The mailing includes CITIZEN ADVOCACY How to Write a Letter. The mailing includes a Washington Office on Africa Action Alert AID TO AFRICA IN JEOPARDY. The mailing discusses the Development Fund or Africa (DFA), the African Development Foundation (ADF), is the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank, African NGOs, UN Development Programs (UNDP), USAID, the State Department, the Foreign Relations Revitalization Act, S. 908, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Senator Jesse Helms, the l04th Congress, Mitch McConnell, H.R. 1561, the Foreign Operations Appropriation Act (H.R. 1868), the Foreign Operations Subcommittee, Republicans, Mark Hatfield, Arlen Specter, James Jeffords, the InterAfrica Group, and U.S. exports to Africa.

African Activist Archive

[Dear Friend: Throughout September and perhaps until mid-October the Senate Foreign Operations Committee and ...]

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