Maine resolution called for US to turn sovereignty over to UN! Anti-war gone mad. [font="verdana, arial, helvetica"]Resolution Would Have Given U.S. Sovereignty Away
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By Chad Groening
March 12, 2003
(AgapePress) - Maine's State Legislature has tabled a resolution calling for the United States to turn its national sovereignty over to the United Nations.
The original anti-war resolution was passed by the Maine Senate and sent on to the House. But there, Republican Representative Michael Vaughan says it was amended and sent back to the Senate where one member then had a change of heart.
"A member of the other party -- a senator -- had second thoughts on it and changed her vote," Vaughn said. "It came back in 'non-concurrence' ... and it was tabled."
"We are of the belief and hope," Vaughn says, "that the issue will be dying between the Houses."
Vaughan says the tabled resolution basically endorsed turning national sovereignty over to the United Nations in dealing with Iraq. "The [item] that has been tabled, [was supportive] of exhausting all of the diplomatic measures that could be taken and working through the U.N. -- which was the onerous part it that we didn't like -- believing that we have our own sovereignty."
Vaughan says with a huge state budget deficit, his fellow lawmakers should not be spending their time dealing with national security -- which is not a function of state government anyway.
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By Chad Groening
March 12, 2003
(AgapePress) - Maine's State Legislature has tabled a resolution calling for the United States to turn its national sovereignty over to the United Nations.
The original anti-war resolution was passed by the Maine Senate and sent on to the House. But there, Republican Representative Michael Vaughan says it was amended and sent back to the Senate where one member then had a change of heart.
"A member of the other party -- a senator -- had second thoughts on it and changed her vote," Vaughn said. "It came back in 'non-concurrence' ... and it was tabled."
"We are of the belief and hope," Vaughn says, "that the issue will be dying between the Houses."
Vaughan says the tabled resolution basically endorsed turning national sovereignty over to the United Nations in dealing with Iraq. "The [item] that has been tabled, [was supportive] of exhausting all of the diplomatic measures that could be taken and working through the U.N. -- which was the onerous part it that we didn't like -- believing that we have our own sovereignty."
Vaughan says with a huge state budget deficit, his fellow lawmakers should not be spending their time dealing with national security -- which is not a function of state government anyway.
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