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This section of the website is dedicated to political news and stories revolving around the shops, streets and congressional hallways of the Capitol Hill area. Many Washington, DC insiders simply refer to this political hot-bed as “the beltway”. Here you’ll find articles and commentary on breaking political news, the latest headlines from Congress, the White House, and more. The stories are ordered by date, beginning with the most recent. Use the key word search function below to find stories on specific issues that you care about.
Debating the Law of the Sea On April 16, 2008, Global Solutions' executive vice president Don Kraus participated in a panel discussion on the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea sponsored by the Washington DC Bar Association's International Law Section and the American Society of International Law. Mr. Kraus was on a panel with Doug Bandow, Competetive Fr...
The United States and the Law of the Sea: Time to Join NEW Download the Law of the Sea Briefing book (PDF). This 124 page document includes: Talking Points and Background Info What U.S. Officials are Saying Organizational and Business Support Law of the Sea in the Media Links to More Information (treaty text, etc.) ...
Over 100 House Lawmakers Press for Special Envoy in Darfur On April 13, 2006 119 members of the House of Representatives signed a letter to Secretary of State Rice strongly urging the appointment of a special envoy to Sudan. This envoy would focus on ending the genocide in Darfur and would help preserve the fragile North-South peace agreement. The letter was circulat...
CGS Urges Congress to “Stand Firm” on UN Peacekeeping Appropriations On May 23rd, Citizens for Global Solutions, along with a diverse group of 33 additional organizations, urged lawmakers tasked with producing the final version of the FY06 Supplemental Appropriations bill (H.R. 4939) to maintain $129.8 million in funding included for UN peacekeeping to help pay...
Biden Introduces Bill to Remove Peacekeeping Cap Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Chair Joe Biden (D- DE) introduced S. 392 to “ensure payment of assessments for United Nations peacekeeping operations for the 2005 through 2008 time period.” The legislation authorizes Congress to pay up to 27.1% of the U.N.’s peacekeeping bill. It is a significant step t...
Smith-Dodd Amendment Passed On March 23rd the Senate unanimously approved the Smith-Dodd Amendment to the FY08 Senate Budget Resolution. This amendment restores a previous $2.2 billion cut to the International Affairs Budget. This matches the full Administration request for the budget at $36.5 billion. In an email sent to Senate Foreign Policy staffers, ...
United Nations Emergency Peace Service Bill Introduced On March 5th Representative Albert Wynn of Maryland introduced H.Res.213 in the House of Representatives. This bill, which Citizens for Global Solutions helped to draft, expresses the sense of the House that “a United Nations Emergency Peace Service [UNEPS] capable of intervening in the early stages of a huma...
Al Gore Goes to Washington On March 21, Capitol Hill featured an Al Gore double-header. The former Vice President and recent Oscar winner testified on climate change issues before both House and Senate committees. The day began with a joint committee hearing of the House subcommittees on Energy and Air Quality and Energy and the Environment. After a host of warm welcome...
CGS Helps Defeat Motion to Block Internationalizing Anti-Proliferation Initiative On January 9th, Citizens for Global Solutions learned that Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), the ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, would offer a motion to remove an important provision of a bill designed to implement recommendations of the 9/11 Commission. The prov...
The Future of the Military Commissions Act On October 17, President Bush signed into law the Military Commissions Act Of 2006. The law grants the president far-reaching powers to detain persons indefinitely, without normal judicial oversight, allows for a flexible interpretation and application of the Geneva Conventions in U.S. interrogation practices and strips the ri...
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