It's probably going to pass with overwhelming bipartisan support. So be it. I can only hope that, in that spirit of taking a risk on both sides of the aisle--and both parties and the administration--that the administration and the new Congress gets serious about reform and delivering services more cost-effectively in ways, ironically, that people on both sides of the aisle agree with that are absent in this proposal.
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But reauthorizing the programs without improving them is a missed opportunity.
House Democrats have collectively shown an impenetrable commitment to the people of sub-Saharan Africa and Haiti.
The second phase is really where the rubber is going to hit the road, though, because it is going to be dealing with those subsidies that are contributing to overcapacity and overfishing very directly.
These things aren't going to get enacted into law, they are not going to make a difference to the American people. It is a distraction, it is a sideshow.
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