Bill Introduced to End US Membership to UN (!?)

[Dr. Arch]

A colleague of mine pointed out that a bill that was recently introduced to the Foreign Affairs committee in the House by Rogers (R). Why has this not been reported??

"SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2017”.

SEC. 2. Repeal of United Nations Participation Act of 1945.
SEC. 3. Repeal of United Nations Headquarters Agreement Act.
SEC. 4. United States assessed and voluntary contributions to the United Nations.
SEC. 5. United Nations peacekeeping operations.
SEC. 6. Withdrawal of United Nations presence in facilities of the government of the United States and repeal of diplomatic immunity.
SEC. 7. Repeal of United States membership and participation in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
SEC. 8. Repeal of United Nations Environment Program Participation Act of 1973.
SEC. 9. Repeal of United States participation in the World Health Organization.
SEC. 10. Repeal of involvement in United Nations conventions and agreements.
SEC. 11. Reemployment with United States Government after service with an international organization.
SEC. 12. Notification.
SEC. 13. Effective date.

Except as otherwise provided, this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date that is two years after the date of the enactment of this Act."

Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/193/text

[Antonio the Sixth]

This is terrifying.

[Frodo]

Have you contacted a reporter? 

[publicunofficial]

What's crazy is that I honestly expect a majority of Republican voters to be in favor of this.

[justfollowingtheelections]

I honestly think that due to environmental degradation, rising sea levels, unpredictable weather, and water shortages around the globe, we should be headed towards a world government.  These people still live in the 20th century.
The problems we face are global and can only be faced at a global level.  The Syrian crisis, which many analysts believe is the product of an environmental crisis in the area, and the effect it has had on European societies is a perfect example of that.

[Dr. Arch]

Have you contacted a reporter? 

I have not looked into how to, but go ahead and do so if you know.

[Frodo]

Have you contacted a reporter? 

I have not looked into how to, but go ahead and do so if you know.

No need, apparently:

http://www.snopes.com/us-pulling-out-of-un/

[Likely Voter]

Ron Paul first introduced "American Sovereignty Restoration Act" in 1999 1997 and I believe it has been reintroduced every year since then. It has never had any real support before.

That being said, in the new Trump era maybe it will have more legs, but it would be an extreme stretch to say "Congress Looking To End Membership". All sorts of extreme bills get introduced all the time

[Dr. Arch]

Ron Paul first introduced "American Sovereignty Restoration Act" in 1999 and I believe it has been reintroduced every year since then. It has never had any real support before.

That being said, in the new Trump era maybe it will have more legs, but it would be an extreme stretch to say "Congress Looking To End Membership". All sorts of extreme bills get introduced all the time

Modified to reflect accordingly, but I feel that this might have some legs in this political climate, as you say.

[Likely Voter]

Update:

Paul first introduced it in 1997
https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1146 
It had 14 cosponsors

And it was introduced in the last Congress by Mike Rogers (It had 7 cosponsors)
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1205



The 2017 version has 6 cosponsors (so far)

[justfollowingtheelections]

So if this happens, which city do the U.N. headquarters move to?

[ag]

So if this happens, which city do the U.N. headquarters move to?

They have another headquarters in Geneva already. Also, the Hague, Vienna, Nairobi, etc. They will manage.

We should try to host them down here

[justfollowingtheelections]

So if this happens, which city do the U.N. headquarters move to?

They have another headquarters in Geneva already. Also, the Hague, Vienna, Nairobi, etc. They will manage.

We should try to host them down here

They have several, but my questions was where will the main headquarters of the UN be.

[ag]

So if this happens, which city do the U.N. headquarters move to?

They have another headquarters in Geneva already. Also, the Hague, Vienna, Nairobi, etc. They will manage.

We should try to host them down here

They have several, but my questions was where will the main headquarters of the UN be.

Geneva is the most obvious answer: the biggest facility is there, I believe.

[Fusionmunster]

For the love of all that is holy, must the left piss themselves over everything in the age of Trump?

[Xing]

Make America Isolationist Again

[angus]

A colleague of mine pointed out that a bill that was recently introduced to the Foreign Affairs committee in the House by Rogers (R). Why has this not been reported??

"US out of UN" is not a new protest chant.  Such bills have been introduced in the congress several times.  My guess is that this bill will not make it very far.

Why hasn't it been reported?  But it has, by you.

[pbrower2a]

Getting the US out of the United Nations has been a long-standing objective of the John Birch Society.

I wonder how many elected Republicans are Birchers.

[Antonio the Sixth]

For the love of all that is holy, must the left piss themselves over everything in the age of Trump?

So far those who have expected the worst have always been proven correct, so...

[angus]

Right now, on NatGeo, there's a show called "After Hitler" which is talking about the World Government Charter.  If you're bored with watching the New England Patriots kicking ass and taking names, you should check it out.  (I'm watching during commercials.  It's pretty interesting.)

[DavidB.]

Wow, amazing idea. Not likely to happen, but let's hope for the best. Down with the UN.

[ag]

Wow, amazing idea. Not likely to happen, but let's hope for the best. Down with the UN.

I can pretty much guarantee you that Israel will not survive the UN by more than a year or two. So, another example of you showing your true (anti-Israeli) colors.

[DavidB.]

Wow, amazing idea. Not likely to happen, but let's hope for the best. Down with the UN.

I can pretty much guarantee you that Israel will not survive the UN by more than a year or two. So, another example of you showing your true (anti-Israeli) colors.

Who's going to invade a nuclear power? Good luck to them!

[ag]

Wow, amazing idea. Not likely to happen, but let's hope for the best. Down with the UN.

I can pretty much guarantee you that Israel will not survive the UN by more than a year or two. So, another example of you showing your true (anti-Israeli) colors.

Who's going to invade a nuclear power? Good luck to them!

Nobody. But within a few months of South Sudan nuking the Central African Republic (with a bomb it purchases in a Cairo bazar) life in the Middle East will be extinguished   I am not, at all, claiming that Israel is the only country that will stop to exist.

[ag]

Wow, amazing idea. Not likely to happen, but let's hope for the best. Down with the UN.

I can pretty much guarantee you that Israel will not survive the UN by more than a year or two. So, another example of you showing your true (anti-Israeli) colors.

Who's going to invade a nuclear power? Good luck to them!

Remember: I have never said that anything is unique about Israel. The world is not revolving around it. It is just, given the number of friends and enemies it has, it needs the world that runs by some sort of rules at least as much as anybody else. Well, I am afraid, we will not have any rules for a while.