Senate bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 7, 2007
- Committee actionFeb 13, 2008
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 24, 2008 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 718.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2433.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2433, Global Poverty Act of 2007” on March 28, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on February 13, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 28, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19580
- CBO publication date
- March 28, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2433, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2433
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
aaff0d4c97c185643f0297c8fb6596e5211b8d886ee835ea1491711548407131
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2433, Global Poverty Act of 2007” on March 28, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on February 13, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 28, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19580
- CBO publication date
- March 28, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2433, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2433
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
aaff0d4c97c185643f0297c8fb6596e5211b8d886ee835ea1491711548407131
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 110-331 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Relations Committee on April 24, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 24, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/331
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2433, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2433
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
aaff0d4c97c185643f0297c8fb6596e5211b8d886ee835ea1491711548407131
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2433, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
30 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 25 Democrats
5 of 30 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Joseph Biden (D-DE), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Bob Casey (D-PA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Tim Johnson (D-SD), John Kerry (D-MA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Herbert Kohl (D-WI), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Richard Lugar (R-IN), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Patty Murray (D-WA), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), James Webb (D-VA), Ron Wyden (D-OR).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.