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Aid Delivers: Foreign Assistance in the 116th Congress

Explore our guide to understand the basics of international development, humanitarian action, and U.S. foreign assistance programs.

InterAction

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Jan 11, 2019

U.S. Foreign Assistance

Robust foreign assistance funding is fundamental to America’s global leadership

For the fourth year in a row, President Trump proposed slashing foreign aid in his budget. The President’s budget proposes to cut foreign aid by…

InterAction

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Feb 10, 2020

U.S. Foreign Assistance

InterAction Welcomes Passage of FY 2020 Spending Bill

On December 20, the President signed H.R. 1865, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, which includes funding for vital foreign assistance programming through the Department…

Lisa Peña

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Dec 23, 2019

U.S. Foreign Assistance

Fiscal Year 2020 Committee Budget Table

This chart compares the FY 2020 and FY 2019 poverty-focused development and humanitarian accounts for both the House and Senate. It is a living document…

Lisa Peña

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Sep 30, 2019

U.S. Foreign Assistance

#HerImpact: Women Leaders and the Battle Against Hunger and Poverty

In 2007, droughts in grain-producing nations, rising fuel prices, global unemployment, and famine sent shockwaves through the international community and drove up food prices to…

Jeremy Doran

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Sep 18, 2019

U.S. Foreign Assistance

President of InterAction: Foreign Aid will Continue to Deliver

Sam Worthington, CEO of InterAction issued the following statement in response to the administration’s announcement to not cut foreign aid: “Throughout the past two weeks,…

InterAction

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Aug 22, 2019

U.S. Foreign Assistance

90+ NGOs: Letter to Congressional Leadership Regarding Possible Rescissions

Dear Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, As implementers and advocates of…

InterAction

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Aug 19, 2019

Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict

Looking to the Past to Preserve the Future: Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions

In the aftermath of World War II, States sought to strengthen the preservation of humanity in times of war. Forty million civilians were killed,…

Archibald Henry

Tom Buttry

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Aug 12, 2019

U.S. Foreign Assistance

CEO of InterAction: Freeze on Foreign Aid, and Potential for Rescission, Puts America and the People of the World at Risk

Washington, DC— Sam Worthington, CEO of InterAction, issued the following statement in response to the administration’s announcement to put a temporary hold on the majority…

InterAction

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Aug 7, 2019