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“Amendment SA 2896 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 51. Record Vote Number: 408.”
This amendment tried to prevent some of the planned budget cuts to international aid programs. Specifically, it was designed to protect funding for UNICEF to ensure the organization received all the money Congress had previously promised it.
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“Amendment SA 2896 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 51. Record Vote Number: 408.”
This amendment tried to prevent some of the planned budget cuts to international aid programs. Specifically, it was designed to protect funding for UNICEF to ensure the organization received all the money Congress had previously promised it.
This proposal represented an effort to maintain U.S. financial commitments to global children's health and welfare programs at a time when the government was looking to claw back billions in unspent funds.
International aid organizations and the children and families worldwide who receive services from UNICEF would have been most directly affected.