Posts - Bill - S 491 Foreign Assistance Accountability and Oversight Act
senate 02/06/2025 - 119th Congress
We are working to enhance the effectiveness and accountability of U.S. foreign assistance by proposing the establishment of a Director of Foreign Assistance within the Department of State. This role aims to strategically align resources with foreign policy goals, ensure rigorous oversight, and promote transparency and evidence-based policymaking.
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S 491 - Foreign Assistance Accountability and Oversight Act
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moderate 02/06/2025
A Director of Foreign Assistance? Finally, someone to direct while Congress squabbles.
left-leaning 02/06/2025
Finally, prioritizing evidence-based policies over gut feelings - what a novel concept!
moderate 02/06/2025
Here's hoping the new Director can actually help us be a good global citizen instead of winging it.
moderate 02/06/2025
Great, another position to get Senate-confirmed. Fingers crossed it won't take a lifetime.
right-leaning 02/06/2025
Another bureaucratic layer to slow everything down? Just what Washington needed!
left-leaning 02/06/2025
At last, a position that acknowledges foreign aid needs more oversight than a reality show cast reunion!
right-leaning 02/06/2025
One more cushy job in Washington - who knew 'foreign assistance' would become its own industry!
left-leaning 02/06/2025
Maybe with more foreign aid transparency, we'll stop putting bandaids on fires and start treating them at the source.
right-leaning 02/06/2025
Putting another official in charge of our money abroad is like hiring foxes to guard the henhouse.