In the light of US President Bush’s recent State Of The Union address, Anthony DeCurtis writes a follow-up to his article from May 2002, regarding the intricacies of dealing with a Republican administration on AIDS relief. Bono, he says, must “keep the heat on — and hold Bush’s feet to (the) fire” if any of the administration’s “promised” funding is to ever reach the budget.
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right on. If I remember right, the Clinton administration promised to erase a shitload of 3rd world debt, but nothing came to pass before the end of Clinton’s term. Keep at it, Bono.
right on. If I remember right, the Clinton administration promised to erase a shitload of 3rd world debt, but nothing came to pass before the end of Clinton’s term. Keep at it, Bono.
it’s so hard to get my naive hopes up when the administration says they’re going to do somthing, and then wake up to the sad reality. they call bono the pest? thank god he’s never going to give up. we need more people like him.
it’s so hard to get my naive hopes up when the administration says they’re going to do somthing, and then wake up to the sad reality. they call bono the pest? thank god he’s never going to give up. we need more people like him.
The president can promise to prioritize something/make it part of his presidential agenda. But the reality is that if he doesn’t cut a deal with the Congress/Senate in order to get both of those bodies to vote for the Resolution written for that agenda item (whether it a budgetary alotment to fight AIDS in Africa or a law to further restrict gun control, etc.) then it isn’t going to happen. A really good way to see how these votes are traded (voting for one Resolution in trade for voting for another Resolution) is by watching the Michael Douglas/Annette Benning movie called The American President. That has a perfect illustration of how the President gets (or doesn’t get) his agenda items passed. (And it’s also a very entertaining romantic comedy.)
The president can promise to prioritize something/make it part of his presidential agenda. But the reality is that if he doesn’t cut a deal with the Congress/Senate in order to get both of those bodies to vote for the Resolution written for that agenda item (whether it a budgetary alotment to fight AIDS in Africa or a law to further restrict gun control, etc.) then it isn’t going to happen. A really good way to see how these votes are traded (voting for one Resolution in trade for voting for another Resolution) is by watching the Michael Douglas/Annette Benning movie called The American President. That has a perfect illustration of how the President gets (or doesn’t get) his agenda items passed. (And it’s also a very entertaining romantic comedy.)