House Passes Bill to Slash Funds to U.N.

AP by Yahoo ^ | 6/17/2005 | JIM ABRAMS (AP)

[Txsleuth]

Ya-Hooty---

The only Rep. I was surprised about was Goode---but I did notice that Pelosi did not vote...what a chicken!!!

Didn't the White House, though, tell the Reps that they could not go along with reducing the money to the UN, because the UN is on our soil, we are the biggest givers, etc.?

[ken5050]

It doesn't make a difference what Bush and the Senate do or don't do..becasue next eyar the Hosue will only appropriate a much lesser amount. The Senate casn't spend what the House doesn't pass

[Txsleuth]

NO---just like they won't vote on Bolton---the dems LOVE the UN>>>

and you know that now the dems will also attach this onto the demands re: a vote on Bolton...

Slash funds, they will say, and we won't vote on ANY body that Bush sends them....

AND, the White House isn't going to back the bill..darn it!!

[SweetCaroline]

Good to hear......Thanks!

[Marathoner]

Ron Paul voted NO????? WTF???

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

You raised an excellent question. All funding programs originate from the House:

http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#A1Sec7

All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.

[end quote]

As I understand it, the Senate can only negotiate through threatening to vote down the entire budget if the House does not include something.

But I could be mistaken.

[agrace]

If it somehow got past the senate, it would sure make an appalling first veto.

[CDHart]

According to Ron Paul (R-TX), the bottom line of this bill is more power ceded to the U.N.

Carolyn

[Trillian]

If the US would stop funding the un period, it would most likely die which is what i'm hoping for.
The US is paying someone to basically bad mouth and try to destroy them while doing nothing else.

[So Cal Rocket]

Ron Paul voted NO????? WTF???

Notice that this bill only "slashes" UN funding... it does not "eliminate" UN funding. I believe Paul's position is he will never vote to provide one cent to the UN.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Let's just send them to France! Or better yet, to the Sudan...let all the delegates go there for their meetings!

[Bacon Man]

Should be 100% but still it's the best news I've heard all day.

[NormB]

Yahoo! Get-r-DUN!

[inquest]

This should answer your question.

[inquest]

Finally....we are definitely on the right track with these thugs....

I hate to have to inform you of this, but this bill most definitely does not put us on track to getting out of the UN, as your accompanying image suggests. The "reforms" that the bill calls for are about making the UN more powerful (or "effective", in the current Newspeak). I recommend reading the link at #34.

[mmercier]

>> withholding of dues would "create resentment, build animosity and actually strengthen opponents of reform."


I can deal with the resentment of a bunch of pygmies and old communists.

As long as they resent us on their own dime from now on.

I hope this makes it to law, but likely the rats and msm pigs will toss up such a chit storm that it will arrive DOA on the Senate floor.

[inquest]

See #34.

[Useless_eater_on_steroids]

[processing please hold]

That would be SOOOO sweet... the day that happens (UN out of the US) everybody can come to my house for a major party... I'll just tell my husband I decided to invite about 60 million of my closest freinds over ;)

I'll bring some extra chips...just encase there aren't enough. :-)