[shepard-for-congress-discuss] FW: The Senate ignoring our Constitution again:

[Timothy Maguire]

-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Karlson [mailto:lizkarlson at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 11:08 AM
To: Andrew Horning; Tim Maguire
Subject: The Senate ignoring our Constitution again:

Senate Works Toward LOST and Global Tax! 
Tell Your Senate to Oppose the Law of the Sea Treaty
and the Global Poverty Act!

This week, leaders of the United States Senate
signaled that they are intent on giving more power to
the United Nations, including the power to impose
taxes, paving the way for ratification of the Law of
the Sea Treaty. Wednesday, February 13, the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee passed by voice vote the
Global Poverty Act (S. 2433), sponsored by Senator
Barack Obama (D-IL). 

This feel good legislation commits the U.S. to
spending 0.7 percent of gross national product on
foreign aid, over and above what we already spend. The
bill references the UN's Millennium Declaration (from
2000) which calls for countries to dramatically
increase foreign aid and sign on to many dangerous
treaties, including the International Criminal Court,
Kyoto Protocol, CEDAW, and the Convention on the
Rights of the Child. 

The U.S. should have nothing to do with these awful
treaties or the UN Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST). One
of the worst aspects of LOST is the mechanism for
imposing a global tax by requiring companies to pay a
portion of their profits to the International Seabed
Authority. 

If the Senate passes the Obama global tax bill, LOST
can't be far behind. Since President Bush has made his
support for LOST well known, we imagine he would be
willing to sign the global tax legislation, hoping to
speed up ratification of LOST. 

In fact, in his 2009 budget request, President Bush
included a request for $5 million for LOST and the
international tribunal established by the treaty.
Senator David Vitter (R-LA) questioned Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice at Wednesday's committee
hearing as to why taxpayer dollars should be going to
"a new bureaucratic international organization that
has not been endorsed by the U.S. Senate." Secretary
Rice reiterated the administration's commitment to
ratification of LOST. 


Take Action 

The Obama global tax bill or the Law of the Sea Treaty
could come up on the Senate floor anytime! Be sure to
contact your Senators today and tell them to oppose
both pieces of legislation. Also, Senators will be in
their home offices the week of February 18. Please
stop by or schedule an appointment with them to let
them know you are watching their position on LOST!! 



Call Your Senators Today! 
Capitol Switchboard: (202)-224-3121

 


Elizabeth M. Karlson
    
               There is no neutral ground in the universe; every square
inch, every split second, is claimed by God and counter-claimed by Satan.
   
  C.S. Lewis




 
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