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09-14-2011, 06:17 AM
(CNSNews.com) House Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen acknowledged Tuesday that legislation aimed at making U.S. funding to the United Nations contingent on reforms lacks bipartisan support but said it was important to make a stand for the principles that we believe in.
As she prepares to mark up her bill in committee, Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) faces mounting opposition from the Obama administration and advocacy groups supportive of deeper U.S. engagement with the U.N.
The U.N. Transparency, Accountability, and Reform Act (H.R. 2829) also lacks the support of a single House Democrat. The number of co-sponsors has climbed from 57 on Aug. 30 the day the bill was introduced to 74 as of Tuesday; all 74 are Republicans.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/un-reform-advocate-questions-what-us-getting-its-7b-contribution
As she prepares to mark up her bill in committee, Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) faces mounting opposition from the Obama administration and advocacy groups supportive of deeper U.S. engagement with the U.N.
The U.N. Transparency, Accountability, and Reform Act (H.R. 2829) also lacks the support of a single House Democrat. The number of co-sponsors has climbed from 57 on Aug. 30 the day the bill was introduced to 74 as of Tuesday; all 74 are Republicans.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/un-reform-advocate-questions-what-us-getting-its-7b-contribution