ADVANCE Democracy Act Update
It has passed a House committee, and is now headed for its Senate counterpart.
My first-hand report on the press conference by Senators McCain and Lieberman and Reps. Wolf and Lantos here. My pissy whining about how the media blew the story here. The advance section-by-section summary, here. Current House version here; current Senate version here.
The bill makes the spread of democracy a statutory part of U.S. foreign policy and appropriates funds to cultivate it.