H.R.2634 - Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2008

To provide for greater responsibility in lending and expanded cancellation of debts owed to the United States and the international financial institutions by low-income countries, and for other purposes. view all titles (4)

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  • Short: Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2008 as reported to house.
  • Official: To provide for greater responsibility in lending and expanded cancellation of debts owed to the United States and the international financial institutions by low-income countries, and for other purposes. as introduced.

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07/24/11
H.R.2634: Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act of ... - OpenCongress

Or, if you know of a news article about this bill to display here, email us the web address of this page and the web address of your suggested news article: Our editorial team will post relevant links as quickly as possible. Thanks for ... H.R. 2634, the V

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08/25/10
Herseth Sandlin v. Noem: Let's Debate What's Voted For, Not Who ...

Joel Rosenthal got me thinking. In his most recent blog post, Rosenthal mentions the Kristi Noem strategy of pointing out how often Stephanie Herseth Sandlin votes with Nancy Pelosi. Rosenthal wonders how many of those votes are really ...

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12/08/08
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS MONITOR REPORT CARD: OCTOBER 2008 ...

HR 2634 – Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Collection Act. · HR 5658 – Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2009. · HR 6304 – FISA Amendment Act of 2008. · HR 6275 – Alternative Minimum T

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11/24/08
Owen Wilson Drug Addiction

GovTrack: House Vote On Passage: H.R. 2634 [106th]: Drug … H.R. 2634 [106th]: Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 … Aye: NM-1: Wilson, Heather [R] Aye: NM-2: Skeen, Joseph [R] … Aye: VA-2: Pickett, Owen [D] Aye: VA-3: Scott, Robert [D] ...

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11/19/08
Carolina Peace - CBC Watch Awards Clyburn "F" on Report Card for 2008

HR 2634 – Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Collection Act (aye). CBC Watch supported this bill. HR 5658 – Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2009 (aye). CBC Watch opposed this bill. ...

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11/11/08
act website - Tasmanian Legislation Online

Jubilee USA: JUBILEE Act. If you'd like to watch a video of the House vote, visit the archived page on the CSPAN website. Proceedings on the Jubilee Act (HR 2634) begin at 1:21 (1hr, 20 min). www.jubileeusa.org/jubilee-act.html ...

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11/10/08
Jubilee Act Gives Taxpayers Nothing to Celebrate

H.R. 2634, the so-called Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation, would make significant changes to American policy regarding the cancellation of foreign debts owed to the United States -- debts that are ...

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10/30/08
Pay your taxes, you “selfish” Americans…then…

The House version (HR2634) was introduced into the House by Rep. Waters (D-CA) and Rep. Bachus (R-AL). The Senate version, (S.2166) was introduced by Sen. Casey (D-PA), Sen. Lugar (R-IN) and Sen. Dodd (D-CT). ...

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10/27/08
Haiti: Legislative Responses to the Food Crisis and Related ...

Specifically, in April 2008, the House unanimously passed an amendment to the Jubilee Act (H.Amdt. 993 to HR 2634) that recommends immediate cancellation of Haiti's outstanding multilateral debts. In May 2008, the House and Senate also ...

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10/20/08
Carolina Peace - CBC Watch Awards Clyburn "F" on Report Card for 2008

HR 2634 – Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Collection Act (aye). CBC Watch supported this bill. HR 5658 – Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2009 (aye). CBC Watch opposed this bill. ...

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10/18/08
Your turn: Debt from World Bank, IMF stunting growth in developing ...

... and climate change, and respect the rights of all people to live free of poverty, then contact your representatives and tell them to vote for the Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation (HR 2634/ S 2166). ...

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10/09/08
Imagine a world without money.

On Wednesday, April 16, 2008, the Jubilee Act (HR 2634) was debated and passed in the House of Representatives and now moves to the Senate...had a hearing in the Senate Foreign Relations committee on April 24, 2008, and was passed by ...

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09/29/08
Support an Anti-Poverty Act in Congress!

The House version of the Jubilee Act (HR2634) passed the House of Representatives on April 16, 2008. The Senate version was introduced by Sen. Casey (D-PA), Sen. Dodd (D-CT) and Sen. Lugar. The Jubilee Act had a hearing in the Senate ...

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09/12/08
haiti: congresswoman waters calls for $300 million in disaster ...

... the poorest nation in the western hemisphere, with democratization and economic development. she has also championed international debt cancellation for poor nations through legislation such as hr 2634, the jubilee act.

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09/02/08
briefly: mcc cut proposed, us debt forgiveness proposal, armenia ...

the jubilee act for responsible lending and expanded debt cancellation of 2007 (hr 2634/s. 2166) would make several dozen countries in the lower and lowermiddle income category, including georgia, moldova, kyrgyzstan, and tajikistan, ...

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08/29/08
concernedafricascholars.org » » Action Alert: Call for Debt ...

Africa Action joins Jubilee USA to encourage you to use your “extra” day this Leap Year to call your member of Congress and urge them to support the Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation (HR 2634/S2166). ...

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08/26/08
Religious Action Center - June 3, 2008

The Jubilee Act (H.R. 2634 / S. 2166) would expand eligibility for debt cancellation to 67 countries in the developing world, and help put these countries within reach of the UN Millennium Development Goals to cut extreme poverty in ...

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08/21/08
action alert: your help is needed

august 11, 2008 | thanks to your hard work, your meetings, phone calls and emails, on june 24, 2008 the jubilee act for responsible lending and expanded debt cancellation (hr 2634/ s 2166) passed the senate foreign relations committee! ...

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08/21/08
chet edwards voting record bucks democrats

4/16/08 vote 198: hr 2634: jubilee act for responsible lending and expanded debt collection act yes vs no. 4/9/08 vote 172: hr 2016 yes vs no. 4/3/08 vote 159: hr 4847: united states fire administration reauthorization act yes yes no ...

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08/17/08
jaynee germond

mr. defazio co-sponsored a bill (hr2634) providing for debt relief for impoverished nations, ignoring the fact that “we the people” are being impoverished by our own government taking our money to fund these foreign nations. ...

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08/14/08
haiti on the hill

pals notes that if passed, s. 2166/hr. 2634 will eliminate debts owed by impoverished countries and establish “an international framework for borrowing”, which will be prohibitive of harmful conditions including government corruption ...

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08/06/08
new government documents at milner, july 2008

call no: y 1.1/8:110-575, title: jubilee act for responsible lending and expanded debt cancellation of 2008 : report together with additional views (to accompany hr 2634) (including cost estimate of the congressional budget office). ...

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07/25/08
The Dean's Office: Anyone? Bueller?

International Debt Relief - H.R. 2634 The Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde US Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act - H.R. 5501 Office of Congressional Ethics - H.Res. 895 ...

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07/21/08
S. 2166

On April 9, 2008, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for H.R. 2634, an identically titled act that. was ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on April 3, 2008. The. House legislation would require the Secretary to ...

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07/18/08
Jubilee Act Passes the House and the Senate Foreign Relations ...

The Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation (HR 2634 / S. 2166) is the single most important piece of debt legislation in the past seven years and it is one of the most widely supported anti-poverty bills in ...

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07/15/08
Christians Ending Poverty » Blog Archive » Join the Jubilee ...

The 2007 Jubilee Act (HR 2634) would provide expanded debt cancellation for many countries that were not included in the 2005 G8 agreement and need debt cancellation to address extreme poverty. Moving the Jubilee Act through Congress is ...

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07/13/08
Jubilee Act passes U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee

On June 24, 2008, the Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation (HR 2634/ S 2166) passed the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Revisions to the bill lead to the inclusion of the same Haiti ...

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07/04/08
To Washington Legislators: Unconditional Debt Relief is Not the ...

orgAhead of the G-8 meeting in Japan, we the undersigned write to announce our opposition to HR 2634, Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2007. Foreign aid is a key component to impoverished nations' ...

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07/04/08
To Washington Legislators: Unconditional Debt Relief is Not the ...

AfricanLiberty.orgAhead of the G-8 meeting in Japan, we the undersigned write to announce our opposition to HR 2634, Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2007. Foreign aid is a key component to ...

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06/19/08
OpenCongress - U.S. Congress - H.R.6316 Climate MATTERS Act of 2008

H.R.2092 Education for All Act of 2007 [1]; H.R.2634 Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and E... [1]; H.R.2965 GROWTH Act of 2007 [1]; H.R.5575 Moratorium on Uncontrolled Power Plants A... [1]; H.R.6049 Tax Extenders and Alternative ...

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