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S Amdt 5078 - Limiting Countries for HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Funding - Key Vote

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Amendment - Amendment Tabled (Senate) (70-24) - (Key vote)

Title: Limiting Countries for HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Funding

Highlights:
-Specifies that only countries eligible for funding under the United Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003 such as Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Guyana, Haiti, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia are eligible for funding under this act.
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NOTE: A SENATOR MAY MOVE TO TABLE ANY PENDING LEGISLATION, THUS HALTING FURTHER CONSIDERATION. A "YEA" VOTE IS IN SUPPORT OF HALTING FURTHER CONSIDERATION, AND A "NAY" VOTE IS IN SUPPORT OF FURTHER CONSIDERATION. TABLING MOTIONS ARE OFTEN USED TO KILL LEGISLATION.

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Amendment - Introduced (Senate) -

Title: Limiting Countries for HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Funding


Sponsors

  • James W. 'Jim' DeMint (SC - R) (Out Of Office)