Foreign Aid Fight Imperils International Family Planning

Earlier this year, President Obama proposed a 10.3 percent increase in international family planning assistance for the fiscal year that begins on October 1, 2010, but a larger fight over the President’s foreign assistance budget could deal a setback to those plans. On April 22, the Senate Budget Committee adopted a budget resolution for fiscal year 2011 that trims the President's budget request for the State Department and foreign assistance by $4 billion to $54.49 billion, a cut of 7 percent.  Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Richard Lugar (R-IN), however, are leading a fight to restore full funding.

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