Date: July 23, 2020
Subject: Reining in Out-of-Control Foreign Aid Spending through a 5% Reduction
Description: Allen (R-GA) amendment to the first minibus appropriations bill covering the Departments of State, Agriculture, Interior and Veterans Affairs, which would provide relief from a deluge of wasteful spending under the bill through a decrease in spending on foreign aid. Within the underlying bill, foreign aid spending is set at $65.87 billion, which represents an increase of nearly 15% ($8.5 billion) over the previous fiscal year. The Allen amendment would minimize the increase by cutting the foreign aid within the bill by 5% ($3.3 billion), which would still result in a roughly 10% increase in spending compared to last year. The bill overspends on foreign aid by nearly $22 billion compared to the budget requested by the Trump administration ($44.1 billion). ACU believes it is appalling that Congress continues to resort to reckless deficit spending and believes it is imperative that much larger spending cuts are implemented to combat the nation's $27 trillion national debt, but supported this amendment as a step in the right direction.
Result: Amendment Rejected, 88-329
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