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On the Issues
House Democracy Partnership
Promoting the development of democracy around the world is a principal foreign policy objective for our nation. I have long believed that the United States Congress – the world’s oldest existing democratic assembly – has a unique contribution to make in this effort. That is why I worked with my colleagues to establish the House Democracy Partnership (HDP), which I now lead as its Chairman.
HDP is based partly on my work in the early 1990s with the House of Representatives’ Frost-Solomon Task Force, which was charged with providing assistance to Parliaments in the new states emerging from the former Soviet Union. Now, the commission is working throughout the world with partner legislatures in Afghanistan, Colombia, East Timor, Georgia, Haiti, Indonesia, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Macedonia, Mongolia, and Ukraine.
In working with the legislatures of emerging democracies, our work is founded in the core belief that an effective legislative branch is critical to building a lasting democracy in any country.
Specifically, HDP provides procedural, technical, and material assistance to legislatures and their members in developing democracies. We work to build the capacity of democratic institutions and share with elected officials our experience with the fundamental building blocks of effective, independent legislative governance, such as budgetary analysis, legislative research, and committee oversight.
For more information about the House Democracy Partnership, you may wish to visit the Partnership’s website: http://hdac.house.gov.
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