Vote to leave U.N.
fails in House

An amendment to a foreign aid bill that would have pulled the U.S. out of the United Nations failed yesterday in the House of Representatives by a vote of 350-74.

The amendment was sponsored by Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, a libertarian opponent of foreign aid and the United Nations as well as a strong supporter of the U.S. Constitution.

Those supporting the amendment included:

Barrett (SC)
Barton (TX)
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Boozman
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Cannon
Cantor
Carter
Coble
Collins
Crane
Cubin
Culberson
Davis
Deal (GA)
DeLay
DeMint
Diaz-Balart
Doolittle
Duncan
Everett
Feeney
Flake
Foley
Forbes
Franks (AZ)
Garrett (NJ)
Gibbons
Goode
Hayes
Hostettler
Istook
Johnson
Jones (NC)
Keller
Kingston
Lucas (OK)
Manzullo
Miller (FL)
Moran (KS)
Musgrave
Myrick
Neugebauer
Ney
Norwood
Obey
Otter
Paul
Pence
Platts
Pombo
Putnam
Renzi
Rogers (AL)
Rohrabacher
Royce
Ryun (KS)
Schrock
Sessions
Shadegg
Shuster
Smith (MI)
Stearns
Sullivan
Tancredo
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Weldon (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Young (AK)

NOT VOTING: Bartlett (MD), Gephardt, Johnson (CT), Berkley, Hayworth, Millender-McDonald, Chabot, Janklow, Ferguson, Jefferson