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Monday, December 06, 2004

SENATOR WILL INTRODUCE BILL WITHHOLDING U.N. DUES UNTIL CONGRESS GETS COOPERATION ON OIL FOR FOOD SCANDAL INVESTIGATION

"Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., has stated that in January’s new Senate session he will introduce the U.N. Oil-for-Food Accountability Act, which would call for the United States to withhold 10 percent of its funding in the first year and 20 percent in the second year. Under former President Clinton the United States did refuse to pay some of its U.N. dues in protest."
FOXNEWS is reporting that this bill's introduction will certainly make the U.N. start to feel the heat - which is the intent of introducing such a bill: turning the heat up with the hope of getting cooperation. There's another news story on this bill HERE, (NY SUN). The SUN article relates thast Senator Lugar is being a little too accommodating to the U.N.:
"A spokesman for Mr. Lugar, Andy Fisher, told The New York Sun yesterday that Mr. Lugar was unlikely to take up the U.N. funding legislation until the United Nations completed its own investigation. Mr. Ensign yesterday said he was prepared to send his bill to the floor of the Senate."
THIS IS SOMETHING NEAR TO WHAT THE ASTUTE BLOGGER HAS BEEN CALLING FOR SINCE NOVEMBER. (THE ASTUTE BLOGGER ASSERTS THAT IT WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE TO THREATEN TO WITHHOLD 100% OF THE FUNDS UNTIL THE CONGRESS GETS FULL U.N. COOPERATION.) SEE EARLIER ASTUTE BLOGGER POSTS DEMANDING THIS HERE AND HERE AND HERE AND HERE AND HERE AND HERE. BRAVO! SCORE THIS ANOTHER VICTORY FOR THE BLOGOSPHERE, (albeit partial, so far.)

The US CONGRESS MUST MOVE ON THIS BILL; THE CONGRESS MUST TURN UP THE HEAT ON THE U.N.!

The U.N. must not be allowed to remain U.N.cooperative!

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