A new bill that is co-sponsored by Barak Obama and Democrat Senators Maria Cantwell, Dianne Feinstein, Richard Lugar, Richard Durbin, Chuck Hagel and Robert Menendez will increase foreign aid by the United States to a level that the UN dictates . Sugar coating it with a name no one could object to ;"Global Poverty Act,"(S.2433) , it essentially brings United States aid to levels that the UN has dictated in it's "Millennium Project "goals.(0.7% of GNP)

Jeffrey Sachs, who runs the U.N.'s "Millennium Project," says that the U.N. plan to force the U.S. to pay 0.7 percent of GNP in increased foreign aid spending would add $65 billion a year to what the U.S. already spends. Over a 13-year period, this amounts to $845 billion.

Does the US taxpayer gets the right to deduct from the contribution the cost of maintaining the global peace, maintaining and operating the GPS system and enforcing the UN armistice on the Korean Peninsula among others? I am sure the answer is, "no".

Obama has made his position clear . The candidate who will not wear an American flag on his lapel but allows his offices in Texas to fly banners of Che Guevara is taking his revolution global.

NeedKarma

You're an angry guy.

speechlesstx

Me, too. It pi**es me off when liberal politicians whine about our interference in the affairs of sovereign nations - then try to give our sovereignty away.

NeedKarma

Two angry guys at all things liberal posting repeatedly their hatred on threads viewed usually by their four others friends. Good luck with that, sounds productive.

P.S. your own government of conservatives is pissing away your sovereignty, privacy and freedoms

Dark_crow

Lord knows there are certainly millions of people who need help and are dieing of starvation and disease. In my mind that is a plus for Obama.

I don’t wear a flag either and would hate to think I would be judged harshly for that, and so far as not suppressing the free speech of his volunteers, that too I consider a plus.

talaniman

I think George has done far worse with our freedoms, liberties, and money, and has a lot less to show for it. Yeah I'm po'd too!!

speechlesstx

Speaking of productive, I did the research - as a public service to help others make an educated decision of course

In the 109th Congress, 3 out of 66 public bills sponsored by Obama passed:

S.RES.291 : A resolution to congratulate the Chicago White Sox on winning the 2005 World Series Championship.

S.RES.516 : A resolution recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day and expressing the sense of the Senate that history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future.

S.RES.529 : A resolution designating July 13, 2006, as "National Summer Learning Day".

In the 110th Congress, 2 out of 63 public bills sponsored by Obama passed:

S.RES.133 : A resolution celebrating the life of Bishop Gilbert Earl Patterson.

S.RES.268 : A resolution designating July 12, 2007, as "National Summer Learning Day".

If folks don't believe me they can look it up for themselves in the official record. Just select the 109th or 100th congress, highlight Obama and click "search."

Granted, he did co-sponsor a number of bills and amendments - everything from honoring Martin Luther King, Jr, the African-American spiritual and Greek Independence Day to the failed "joint resolution to revise United States policy on Iraq."

However, the above is the grand total of successful Obama sponsored public bills thus far in his Senatorial career, and nearly all of his successful co-sponsored legislation is symbolic. I'm especially proud of his co-sponsoring legislation "honoring Vice President Albert Gore, Jr., and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change."

Oh, and NK, you keep viewing our posts so I guess that makes 5

Dark_crow

There is something to show for it…we have had not had another 9/11’s and Al Qaeda has lost favor in the eyes of many Muslims.

tomder55

DC you as well as I are more than free to donate any spare change we have left to any of many worthy causes. I do not think that our government should be giving up basic sovereignty to the UN ;to set policy on our foreign aid or to determine what precent of our GDP is an appropriate donation. As mentioned we do not bill the UN for services already rendered . Nor does their calculations take into account private donations from individual Americans .

Dark_crow

Actually it was Obama’s plan to keep a low profile in Congress. In the current 110th Congress, he has sponsored legislation on lobbying and electoral fraud, climate change, nuclear terrorism, and care for returned U.S. military personnel.

As a state legislator, Obama gained bipartisan support for legislation reforming ethics and health care laws. Obama also led the passage of legislation mandating videotaping of homicide interrogations, and a law to monitor racial profiling by requiring police to record the race of drivers they stopped

Obama took an active role in the Senate's drive for improved border security and immigration reform. In 2005, he co-sponsored the "Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act" introduced by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).


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