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Senate
Resolution 124
By:
Senators Schaefer of the 50th, Rogers of the 21st, Douglas of the 17th, Chapman
of the 3rd, Hill of the 32nd and others
A
RESOLUTION
Urging
the United States Congress to withdraw the United States from the Security and
Prosperity Partnership of North America and from any other bilateral or
multilateral activity that seeks the economic merger of the United States with
any other country; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
President George W. Bush announced the formation of the Security and Prosperity
Partnership of North America with the nations of Mexico and Canada on
March 23, 2005; and
WHEREAS,
at a news conference on the same day, President Bush said: "So that the vision
that you asked about in your question as to what kind of union might there be, I
see one based upon free trade, that would then entail commitment to markets and
democracy, transparency, rule of law"; and
WHEREAS,
the gradual evolution of a North American partnership into some "kind of union"
or economic merger of the United States, Mexico, and Canada would be a direct
threat to the Constitution and national independence of the United States and
would imply an eventual end to national borders within North America;
and
WHEREAS,
on March 31, 2006, President Bush at Cancun, Mexico, celebrated the first
anniversary of the Security and Prosperity Partnership, confirmed by a White
House news release on that same date; and
WHEREAS,
this trilateral partnership to develop any kind of North American merger has
never been presented to Congress as an agreement or treaty and has had virtually
no congressional oversight; and
WHEREAS,
state and local governments throughout the United States would be negatively
impacted by the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America process,
such as the "open borders" vision of the Security and Prosperity Partnership,
eminent domain takings of private property along planned superhighways, and
increased law enforcement problems along those superhighways.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body urge the
United States Congress, especially the congressional delegation from Georgia, to
use all its efforts, energies, and diligence to withdraw the United States from
any further participation in the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North
America and any similar bilateral or multilateral activity, however named, that
seeks to advance, authorize, or fund or in any way promote the creation of any
structure or relationship to accomplish any form of North American integration
or merger.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Vice President Dick
Cheney, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, and
each member of the Georgia congressional delegation.