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Vote number 2005-282 reforming the UN by restricting US funding
on Jun 17, 2005 regarding bill HR 2745 United Nations Reform Act
Results: Bill Passed: 221-184

To reform the United Nations, by limiting the US contribution to the UN by up to one-half by the year 2007, if the following reforms are not made:
  • Requires the creation of an Independent Oversight Board with the authority to evaluate all operations of the UN
  • Instructs the UN to implement procedures to protect whistle-blowers, individuals who reveal wrongdoings within an organization to the public or to those in positions of authority
  • Obliges the creation of a uniform code of conduct for all UN officials
  • Requires the shifting of the funding mechanisms of certain organizational programs from the regular assessed UN budget to voluntarily funded programs
  • Compels the US President to influence the Secretary General of the UN to waive diplomatic immunity for UN officials under investigation or charged with serious criminal offences
  • Creates a certification of UN cooperation to provide documentary evidence to member states investigating the Oil-for-Food program

Categorized under Foreign Policy

Voting YES counts as answer B on AmericansElect question 5;
Voting NO counts as answer C on AmericansElect question 5

Foreign Policy: When you think about the US pursuing its interests abroad, which of the following is closest to your opinion?
  • A: The US should always act in its own interest regardless of what other countries think
  • B: The US should rarely listen to other countries
  • C: The US should listen to other countries more often than not
  • D: The US should always listen to other countries before pursuing its own interests
  • E: Unsure



Democrats voting on 2005-282

Neil Abercrombie NOHawaii Democrat (Resigned 2010)
Gary Ackerman NONew York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.
Tom Allen NOMaine Democrat (Retiring 2008)
Joe Baca NOCalifornia Democrat
Tammy Baldwin NOWisconsin Democrat
John Barrow YESGeorgia Democrat
Melissa Bean NOIllinois Democrat (Unseated 2010)
Xavier Becerra NOCalifornia Democrat
Shelley Berkley YESNevada Democrat (Senate run 2012)
Howard Berman NOCalifornia Democrat
Timothy Bishop NONew York Democrat
Dan Boren NOOklahoma Democrat (Retiring 2012)
Leonard Boswell NOIowa Democrat
Rick Boucher NOVirginia Democrat (until 2010)
Robert Brady NOPennsylvania Democrat
Sherrod Brown NOOhio Democrat
G.K. Butterfield NONorth Carolina Democrat
Lois Capps NOCalifornia Democrat
Michael Capuano NOMassachusetts Democrat
Benjamin Cardin NOMaryland Democrat
Dennis Cardoza NOCalifornia Democrat
Russ Carnahan NOMissouri Democrat
Julia Carson NOIndiana Democrat (Deceased 2008)
Ed Case NOHawaii Democrat
Ben Chandler NOKentucky Democrat
William Lacy Clay NOMissouri Democrat
Emmanuel Cleaver NOMissouri Democrat
James Clyburn NOSouth Carolina Democrat
John Conyers NOMichigan Democrat
Jim Cooper NOTennessee Democrat
Jim Costa NOCalifornia Democrat
Jerry Costello YESIllinois Democrat
Bud Cramer NOAlabama Democrat (Retiring 2008)
Joseph Crowley NONew York Democrat
Elijah Cummings NOMaryland Democrat
Danny Davis NOIllinois Democrat
Jim Davis NOFlorida Democrat
Lincoln Davis NOTennessee Democrat (until 2010)
Susan Davis NOCalifornia Democrat
Peter Defazio NOOregon Democrat
Diana DeGette NOColorado Democrat
Bill Delahunt NOMassachusetts Democrat (until 2010)
Rosa DeLauro NOConnecticut Democrat
Norm Dicks NOWashington Democrat
John Dingell NOMichigan Democrat
Lloyd Doggett NOTexas Democrat
Mike Doyle NOPennsylvania Democrat
Chet Edwards NOTexas Democrat (until 2010)
Eliot Engel NONew York Democrat/Liberal
Anna Eshoo NOCalifornia Democrat
Bob Etheridge NONorth Carolina Democrat (Unseated 2010)
Lane Evans NOIllinois Democrat
Sam Farr NOCalifornia Democrat
Chaka Fattah NOPennsylvania Democrat
Bob Filner NOCalifornia Democrat (Mayoral run 2011)
Harold Ford NOTennessee Democrat
Barney Frank NOMassachusetts Democrat
Bart Gordon NOTennessee Democrat (until 2010)
Al Green NOTexas Democrat
Gene Green YESTexas Democrat
Raul Grijalva NOArizona Democrat
Luis Gutierrez NOIllinois Democrat
Ralph Moody Hall YESTexas Democrat
Jane Harman NOCalifornia Democrat (Resigned 2011)
Alcee Hastings NOFlorida Democrat
Stephanie Herseth NOSouth Dakota Democratic (until 2010)
Brian Higgins NONew York Democrat
Maurice Hinchey NONew York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.
Ruben Hinojosa NOTexas Democrat
Tim Holden NOPennsylvania Democrat
Rush Holt NONew Jersey Democrat
Mike Honda NOCalifornia Democrat
Steny Hoyer NOMaryland Democrat
Jay Inslee NOWashington Democrat
Steve Israel NONew York Democrat
Jesse Louis Jackson NOIllinois Democrat
Sheila Jackson Lee NOTexas Democrat
William Jefferson NOLouisiana Democrat
Stephanie Tubbs Jones NOOhio Democrat (Deceased, 2008)
Paul Kanjorski NOPennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)
Marcy Kaptur NOOhio Democrat
Dale Kildee NOMichigan Democrat
Carolyn Kilpatrick NOMichigan Democrat (until 2010)
Ron Kind NOWisconsin Democrat
Dennis Kucinich NOOhio Democrat
James Langevin NORhode Island Democrat
Rick Larsen NOWashington Democrat
John Larson NOConnecticut Democrat
Barbara Lee NOCalifornia Democrat
Sander Levin NOMichigan Democrat
John Lewis NOGeorgia Democrat
Dan Lipinski NOIllinois Democrat
Zoe Lofgren NOCalifornia Democrat
Nita Lowey NONew York Democrat
Steve Lynch NOMassachusetts Democrat
Carolyn Maloney NONew York Democrat/Liberal
Ed Markey NOMassachusetts Democrat
Jim Matheson NOUtah Democrat
Doris Matsui NOCalifornia Democrat
Carolyn McCarthy NONew York Dem./Ind./Working-Families
Betty McCollum NOMinnesota Democrat
Jim McGovern NOMassachusetts Democrat
Mike McIntyre YESNorth Carolina Democrat
Cynthia McKinney NOGeorgia Democrat
Michael McNulty NONew York Dem./Cons. (Retiring 2008)
Marty Meehan NOMassachusetts Democrat (Retired 2007)
Gregory Meeks NONew York Dem./Working-Families
Robert Menendez NONew Jersey Democrat
Michael Michaud NOMaine Democrat
Brad Miller NONorth Carolina Democrat
George Miller NOCalifornia Democrat
Alan Mollohan YESWest Virginia Democrat
Dennis Moore NOKansas Democrat (until 2010)
Gwen Moore NOWisconsin Democrat
James Moran NOVirginia Democrat
John Murtha NOPennsylvania Democrat (Deceased Feb. 2010)
Jerrold Nadler NONew York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
Grace Napolitano NOCalifornia Democrat
Richard Neal NOMassachusetts Democrat
James Oberstar NOMinnesota Dem./Farmer/Labor (until 2010)
David Obey NOWisconsin Democrat (until 2010)
John Olver NOMassachusetts Democrat
Solomon Ortiz NOTexas Democrat (Unseated 2010)
Major Owens NONew York Democrat (until 2007)
Frank Pallone NONew Jersey Democrat
Bill Pascrell NONew Jersey Democrat
Ed Pastor NOArizona Democrat
Donald Payne NONew Jersey Democrat
Collin Peterson NOMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
Earl Pomeroy NONorth Dakota Democrat (until 2010)
David Eugene Price NONorth Carolina Democrat
Nick Rahall NOWest Virginia Democrat
Mike Ross NOArkansas Democrat
Steven Rothman NONew Jersey Democrat
Lucille Roybal-Allard NOCalifornia Democrat
Dutch Ruppersberger NOMaryland Democrat
Bobby Rush NOIllinois Democrat
Tim Ryan NOOhio Democrat
Martin Sabo NOMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
John Salazar NOColorado Democrat (Unseated 2010)
Linda Sanchez NOCalifornia Democrat
Loretta Sanchez NOCalifornia Democrat
Jan Schakowsky NOIllinois Democrat
Adam Schiff NOCalifornia Democrat
Allyson Schwartz NOPennsylvania Democrat
Bobby Scott NOVirginia Democrat
David Scott NOGeorgia Democrat
Jose Serrano NONew York Democrat/Liberal
Brad Sherman NOCalifornia Democrat
David Adam Smith NOWashington Democrat
John Spratt NOSouth Carolina Democrat (until 2010)
Ted Strickland NOOhio Democrat
Bart Stupak NOMichigan Democrat (until 2010)
Gene Taylor YESMississippi Democrat (until 2010)
Bennie Thompson NOMississippi Democrat
Mike Thompson NOCalifornia Democrat
John Tierney NOMassachusetts Democrat
Ed Towns NONew York Democrat/Liberal
Mark Udall NOColorado Democrat (Senate 2008)
Tom Udall NONew Mexico Democrat (Senate 2008)
Chris Van Hollen NOMaryland Democrat
Nydia Velazquez NONew York Democrat/Working-Families
Peter Visclosky NOIndiana Democrat
Debbie Wasserman Schultz NOFlorida Democrat
Maxine Waters NOCalifornia Democrat
Mel Watt NONorth Carolina Democrat
Anthony Weiner NONew York Democrat (Resigned 2011)
Robert Wexler NOFlorida Democrat (resigned Jan. 2010)
Lynn Woolsey NOCalifornia Democrat (Retiring 2012)
David Wu NOOregon Democrat
Albert Wynn NOMaryland Democrat (Unseated 2008)



Republicans voting on 2005-282

Robert Aderholt YESAlabama Republican
Todd Akin YESMissouri Republican (Senate run 2012)
Rodney Alexander YESLouisiana Republican
Spencer Bachus YESAlabama Republican
Richard Hugh Baker YESLouisiana Republican (Resigned 2008)
Gresham Barrett YESSouth Carolina Republican (until 2010)
Roscoe Bartlett YESMaryland Republican
Joe Linus Barton YESTexas Republican
Charlie Bass YESNew Hampshire Republican
Bob Beauprez YESColorado Republican
Judy Biggert YESIllinois Republican
Michael Bilirakis YESFlorida Republican
Rob Bishop YESUtah Republican
Marsha Blackburn YESTennessee Republican
Roy Blunt YESMissouri Republican (until 2010)
Sherry Boehlert NONew York Republican/Independence
Henry Bonilla YESTexas Republican
Jo Bonner YESAlabama Republican
Charles Boustany YESLouisiana Republican
Jeb Bradley YESNew Hampshire Republican
Kevin Brady YESTexas Republican
Henry Brown YESSouth Carolina Republican (until 2010)
Michael Burgess YESTexas Republican
Dan Burton YESIndiana Republican
Steve Buyer YESIndiana Republican (until 2010)
Ken Calvert YESCalifornia Republican
Dave Camp YESMichigan Republican
Chris Cannon YESUtah Republican
Eric Cantor YESVirginia Republican
Shelley Moore Capito YESWest Virginia Republican
John Carter YESTexas Republican
Steve Chabot YESOhio Republican
Chris Chocola YESIndiana Republican
John Howard Coble YESNorth Carolina Republican
Tom Cole YESOklahoma Republican
Mike Conaway YESTexas Republican
Ander Crenshaw YESFlorida Republican
Barbara Cubin YESWyoming Republican (Retiring 2008)
John Culberson YESTexas Republican
Geoff Davis YESKentucky Republican
Jo Ann Davis YESVirginia Republican
Nathan Deal YESGeorgia Republican (Resigned 2010)
Tom DeLay YESTexas Republican
Mario Diaz-Balart YESFlorida Republican
John Doolittle YESCalifornia Republican (Retiring 2008)
Thelma Drake YESVirginia Republican (Unseated 2008)
David Dreier YESCalifornia Republican
Jimmy Duncan YESTennessee Republican
Vernon Ehlers YESMichigan Republican (until 2010)
Jo Ann Emerson YESMissouri Republican
Phil English YESPennsylvania Republican (Unseated 2008)
Terry Everett YESAlabama Republican (Retiring 2008)
Mike Ferguson YESNew Jersey Republican (Retiring 2008)
Mike Fitzpatrick YESPennsylvania Republican
Jeff Flake YESArizona Republican (Senate run 2012)
Mark Foley YESFlorida Republican
Randy Forbes YESVirginia Republican
Jeff Fortenberry YESNebraska Republican
Vito Fossella YESNew York Rep./Cons. (Unseated 2008)
Virginia Foxx YESNorth Carolina Republican
Trent Franks YESArizona Republican
Rodney Frelinghuysen YESNew Jersey Republican
Elton Gallegly YESCalifornia Republican
Scott Garrett YESNew Jersey Republican
Jim Gerlach YESPennsylvania Republican
Jim Gibbons YESNevada Republican
Wayne Gilchrest YESMaryland Republican (Unseated 2008)
Louie Gohmert YESTexas Republican
Virgil Goode NOVirginia Republican (Unseated 2008)
Bob Goodlatte YESVirginia Republican
Kay Granger YESTexas Republican
Mark Green YESWisconsin Republican
Gil Gutknecht YESMinnesota Republican
Katherine Harris YESFlorida Republican (until 2007)
Melissa Hart YESPennsylvania Republican
Doc Hastings YESWashington Republican
Robin Hayes YESNorth Carolina Republican (Unseated 2008)
J.D. Hayworth YESArizona Republican (until 2007)
Joel Hefley YESColorado Republican
Jeb Hensarling YESTexas Republican
Wally Herger YESCalifornia Republican
Dave Hobson YESOhio Republican (Retiring 2008)
Peter Hoekstra YESMichigan Republican (until 2010)
John Hostettler YESIndiana Republican
Kenny Hulshof YESMissouri Republican (Governor 2008)
Duncan Hunter YESCalifornia Republican (Retiring 2008)
Henry Hyde YESIllinois Republican
Bob Inglis YESSouth Carolina Republican (until 2010)
Ernest Istook YESOklahoma Republican
Bill Jenkins YESTennessee Republican (Retired 2006)
Bobby Jindal YESLouisiana Republican (Governor 2008)
Nancy Lee Johnson YESConnecticut Republican
Sam Johnson YESTexas Republican
Timothy Johnson YESIllinois Republican
Walter Beaman Jones YESNorth Carolina Republican
Ric Keller YESFlorida Republican (Unseated 2008)
Sue Kelly YESNew York Republican (until 2007)
Mark Kennedy YESMinnesota Republican
Peter King YESNew York Rep./Ind./Cons./Right-To-Life
Steve King YESIowa Republican
Jack Kingston YESGeorgia Republican
Mark Kirk YESIllinois Republican (until 2010)
John Kline YESMinnesota Republican
Joe Knollenberg YESMichigan Republican (Unseated 2008)
Jim Kolbe YESArizona Republican
Randy Kuhl YESNew York Republican (Unseated 2008)
Ray LaHood YESIllinois Republican (Retiring 2008)
Tom Latham YESIowa Republican
Steven LaTourette YESOhio Republican
Jim Leach NOIowa Republican
Jerry Lewis YESCalifornia Republican
Ron Lewis YESKentucky Republican (Retiring 2008)
Frank LoBiondo YESNew Jersey Republican
Frank Dean Lucas YESOklahoma Republican
Dan Lungren YESCalifornia Republican
Donald Manzullo YESIllinois Republican
Kenny Marchant YESTexas Republican
Michael McCaul YESTexas Republican
Thad McCotter YESMichigan Republican
Jim McCrery YESLouisiana Republican (Retiring 2008)
Patrick McHenry YESNorth Carolina Republican
John McHugh YESNew York Republican/Conservative
Buck McKeon YESCalifornia Republican
John Mica YESFlorida Republican
Candice Miller YESMichigan Republican
Gary Miller YESCalifornia Republican
Jeff Miller YESFlorida Republican
Jerry Moran YESKansas Republican (until 2010)
Tim Murphy YESPennsylvania Republican
Marilyn Musgrave YESColorado Republican (Unseated 2008)
Sue Myrick YESNorth Carolina Republican
Randy Neugebauer YESTexas Republican
Bob Ney YESOhio Republican
Anne Meagher Northup YESKentucky Republican
Charlie Norwood YESGeorgia Republican
Devin Nunes YESCalifornia Republican
Jim Nussle YESIowa Republican
Tom Osborne YESNebraska Republican
Butch Otter YESIdaho Republican
Michael Oxley YESOhio Republican
Ron Paul NOTexas Republican
Steve Pearce YESNew Mexico Republican
Mike Pence YESIndiana Republican (Gov. run 2012)
John Peterson YESPennsylvania Republican (Retired 2008)
Tom Petri YESWisconsin Republican
Joseph Pitts YESPennsylvania Republican
Todd Platts YESPennsylvania Republican
Ted Poe YESTexas Republican
Richard Pombo YESCalifornia Republican
Jon Porter YESNevada Republican (Unseated 2008)
Tom Price YESGeorgia Republican
Deborah Pryce YESOhio Republican
Jim Ramstad YESMinnesota Republican (Retiring 2008)
Ralph Regula YESOhio Republican (Retiring 2008)
Dennis Rehberg YESMontana Republican (Senate run 2012)
Dave Reichert NOWashington Republican (Governor run 2012)
Rick Renzi YESArizona Republican (Retiring 2008)
Thomas Reynolds YESNew York Republican (Retiring 2008)
Hal Rogers YESKentucky Republican
Michael Rogers YESAlabama Republican
Mike Rogers YESMichigan Republican
Dana Rohrabacher YESCalifornia Republican
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen YESFlorida Republican
Ed Royce YESCalifornia Republican
Paul Ryan YESWisconsin Republican
Jim Ryun YESKansas Republican
Jim Saxton YESNew Jersey Republican (Retiring 2008)
Joe Schwarz YESMichigan Republican
James Sensenbrenner YESWisconsin Republican
John Shadegg YESArizona Republican
Clay Shaw YESFlorida Republican
Christopher Shays NOConnecticut Republican (Unseated 2008)
Don Sherwood YESPennsylvania Republican
John Shimkus YESIllinois Republican
Bill Shuster YESPennsylvania Republican
Mike Simpson YESIdaho Republican
Christopher Smith YESNew Jersey Republican
Lamar Smith YESTexas Republican
Mike Sodrel YESIndiana Republican
Mark Souder YESIndiana Republican (until 2010)
Cliff Stearns YESFlorida Republican
John Sullivan YESOklahoma Republican
John Sweeney YESNew York Republican/Conservative
Tom Tancredo YESColorado Republican
Charles Taylor YESNorth Carolina Republican
Lee Terry YESNebraska Republican
Bill Thomas YESCalifornia Republican
Mac Thornberry YESTexas Republican
Todd Tiahrt YESKansas Republican (until 2010)
Pat Tiberi YESOhio Republican
Mike Turner YESOhio Republican
Fred Upton YESMichigan Republican
Greg Walden YESOregon Republican
Zach Wamp YESTennessee Republican (until 2010)
Curt Weldon YESPennsylvania Republican
Dave Weldon YESFlorida Republican (Retiring 2008)
Jerry Weller YESIllinois Republican (Retiring 2008)
Lynn Westmoreland YESGeorgia Republican
Ed Whitfield YESKentucky Republican
Roger Wicker YESMississippi Republican (Senate 2008)
Heather Wilson YESNew Mexico Republican (Senate 2008)
Joe Wilson YESSouth Carolina Republican
Frank Wolf YESVirginia Republican
Bill Young YESFlorida Republican
Don Young YESAlaska Republican



Independents voting on 2005-282

Marion Berry NOArkansas Former Democrat (until 2010)
John Boozman YESArkansas Former GOP (until 2010)
Allen Boyd NOFlorida Former Democrat (until 2010)
Ginny Brown-Waite YESFlorida Former GOP (until 2010)
Michael Castle NODelaware Former GOP (until 2010)
Artur Davis NOAlabama Former Democrat (until 2010)
Lincoln Diaz-Balart YESFlorida Former GOP (until 2010)
Rahm Emanuel NOIllinois Former Democrat (until 2009)
Tom Feeney YESFlorida Former GOP
Tom Lantos NOCalifornia Former Democrat (until 2008)
John Linder YESGeorgia Former GOP (until 2010)
Jim Marshall YESGeorgia Former Democrat (until 2010)
Kendrick Meek NOFlorida Former Democrat (until 2010)
Adam Putnam YESFlorida Former GOP (until 2010)
George Radanovich YESCalifornia Former GOP (until 2010)
Bernie Sanders NOVermont Independent
Vic Snyder NOArkansas Former Democrat (until 2010)
Hilda Solis NOCalifornia Former Democrat (until 2009)
Ellen Tauscher NOCalifornia Former Democrat (until 2009)
Diane Watson NOCalifornia Former Democrat (until 2010)



Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: YES 8; NO 163
Republicans: YES 199; NO 6
Independents: YES 8; NO 12