Congressional Votes

Votes tagged as "National Sovereignty" | 26

Quad Countries

Directs the U.S. secretary of state to deepen America's entanglement in the "Quad," including by creating a Quad Inter-Parliamentary Working Group.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H.R. 1263 Roll Call 132

Defunding the UN

Prohibits funding in the bill from going to the UN or its affiliate agencies.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes Benefit per household: +$137.00/year
H.R. 8771 Roll Call 320 See Article I Section 8

Courtney Diesel O’Donnell Nomination

President Joe Biden nominated Courtney Diesel O'Donnell to serve as the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), with the rank of ambassador.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
PN 927 Roll Call 164

Prohibiting UNESCO Funding

Nowhere in the Constitution is Congress authorized to allocate federal funding to international organizations such as UNESCO. Such organizations threaten U.S. sovereignty and constitutionally protected freedoms, and the United States has no business being involved in them.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
H.R. 4665 Roll Call 494

Declaration of War

Recognizes that the North Atlantic Treaty "does not supersede the constitutional requirement that Congress declare war."
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
S. 2226 Roll Call 191 See Article I Section 8

WHO Pandemic Treaty

In recent decades both the Executive Branch and Congress have regularly skirted the constitutional requirement in Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution that treaties have to be made with the "Advice and Consent of the Senate … provided two thirds of the Senators present concur." Instead of recognizing agreements as treaties, they unconstitutionally designate them as "executive agreements," thereby enabling the president and Congress to avoid seeking the advice and consent of the Senate and pass them by a simple majority of the House and Senate, rather than the more rigorous threshold of two-thirds of the senators present.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
S. 316 Roll Call 71

ASEAN Relations

Formally recognizes ASEAN as an international organization, with the same diplomatic privileges enjoyed by other foreign embassies.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H.R. 406 Roll Call 148

Hydrofluorocarbons Reduction

Ratifies the Kigali Amendment to the 1987 Montreal Protocol, requiring the U.S. to increase regulations.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
Treaty Doc. 117-1 Roll Call 343

Declaration of War

Under the U.S. Constitution, only the Congress may declare war.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
Treaty Doc. 117-3 Roll Call 281

Expanding NATO

NATO is based on the principle of collective security, as opposed to each country acting in its own best interests. Under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, "The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them … shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them … will assist the Party or Parties so attacked." The expansion of this entangling military alliance, which was comprised of just 12 members at the time of its founding, increases the likelihood of the United States being drawn into a military conflict.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
Treaty Doc. 117-3 Roll Call 282

NATO

The United States should stay clear of entangling alliances such as NATO, but also because NATO obligates the United States to go to war if any member of NATO is attacked. Specifically, under the North Atlantic Treaty that established NATO in 1949, member nations "agree that an armed attack against one or more of them … shall be considered an attack against them all." This agreement undermines the provision in the U.S. Constitution that assigns to Congress the power to declare war. There are now 30 countries in NATO, and an attack on any one of them could pull the United States into a war that neither Congress nor the American people want.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H. Res. 831 Roll Call 115

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

The UNFCCC infringes on U.S. sovereignty and places an undue burden on American industry, workers, and taxpayers. Meeting the emission goals of the UNFCCC would significantly reduce U.S. economic output. Furthermore, the treaty requires the United States and other industrialized nations to provide economic assistance to fund climate-change action in "developing nations," such as China.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
H.R. 4521 Roll Call 27

Global Health Security Strategy

Requires the president to take actions promoting U.S. integration in globalist, UN-tied health programs.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No Cost per household: -$23.00/year
H.R. 391 Roll Call 188 See Article I Section 8

NATO

To reaffirm the U.S. commitment to NATO.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H.R. 5515

Immigration (DACA)

To provide "conditional permanent residence" (i.e., amnesty) to DACA program recipients.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H.R. 2579

Immigration (Sanctuary Cities)

The flood of illegal immigrants into the United States has risen to the level of an invasion swamping our Republic, and political entities that provide sanctuary to illegal aliens in contravention of federal immigration laws should not expect to do so while receiving federal aid.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
H.R. 2579

World Bank

Would authorize $3.29 billion in foreign aid to the World Bank International Development Association.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H.R. 3326

UN Human Rights Agencies

Prohibits the use of federal funds for making contributions to various UN human rights agencies.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
H.R. 3354 See Article I Section 8

NATO

"[S]olemnly reaffirms" the U.S. commitment to NATO based on principle of "collective defense."
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H.Res.397

NATO

To "affirm" that the U.S. remains "fully committed" to NATO.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
S.Amdt. 240 to S. 722

Montenegro NATO Membership

The United States should stay clear of entangling alliances such as NATO. Moreover, NATO also obligates that the United States go to war if any member of NATO is attacked, which undermines the provision in the U.S. Constitution that assigns to Congress the power to declare war. Montenegro, which was part of communist Yugoslavia during the Cold War era, is now one of 28 countries the United States is obligated to defend under NATO.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
Treaty Doc. 114-12

Ban on UN Contributions

Would prohibit funding for any U.S. contribution to the United Nations or any UN-affiliated agency.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
H.Amdt.240 to H.R.1950 Roll Call 364

Moscow Treaty

Would require both the United States and Russia to reduce their respective nuclear stockpiles to between 1,700 and 2,200 warheads by 2012.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
Ratification of Treaty Document 107-8 Roll Call 43

War Authorization Against Iraq

Authorizes the use of U.S. military force against Iraq, including to enforce any related UN Security Council resolutions.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H.J.Res. 114

War Authorization Against Iraq

Authorizes the use of U.S. military force against Iraq, including to enforce any related UN Security Council resolutions.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H.J.Res.114

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Would ban the testing of nuclear weapons by the United States.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
Ratification of Treaty Doc. 105-28 Roll Call 325
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