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Obama has sponsored a Bill called the Global Poverty Act of 2007. He wants to TAX Americans and hand the Money to the UN to distribute the funds. His goal is to cut the worlds poverty in half in the next 7 years and for the USA to pay the Bulk of it.

S. 2433: Global Poverty Act of 2007
A bill to require the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 per day.

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Sponsor:Sen. Barack Obama [D-IL]show cosponsors (23)
Cosponsors [as of 2008-07-06]
Sen. Joseph Biden [D-DE]
Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM]
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
Sen. Christopher Dodd [D-CT]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Sen. Russell Feingold [D-WI]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Charles Hagel [R-NE]
Sen. Thomas Harkin [D-IA]
Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]
Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]
Sen. Richard Lugar [R-IN]
Sen. Robert Menéndez [D-NJ]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]
Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]
Sen. Gordon Smith [R-OR]
Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]