Anti-NAU Resolution Passes Idaho Legislature

JBS | March 23, 2007

By Mary Benoit

The Idaho state legislature should be very proud of its recent accomplishments. On March 22, 2007 the state Senate passed H.J.M. 5, a joint memorial which opposes the creation and/or implementation of the North American Union. The Senate passed the legislation by a lop-sided 24-10 vote.

Idaho was one out of a total of 14 state legislatures who have introduced resolutions opposing the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP), and the creation of the North American Union (NAU). To date, Idaho is the only state that has successfully passed the resolution in both the House and Senate. Last month activists in Utah were disappointed when the Senate failed to vote on H.J.R. 7, a resolution "urging United States withdrawal from the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America."

The passage of H.J.M. 5 is a result of much dedication and hard work by some very patriotic Americans. JoAn Wood, a long-term representative and Chairwoman of the House Transportation and Defense Committee, sponsored the House version of the bill and was supported in her efforts by local members of the John Birch Society. Upon House passage, the bill was then sponsored in the Senate by Senator Monty Pearce.

God willing, the passage of H.J.M. 5 will send off a ripple-effect to other state legislators who have either not introduced, or not taken action on resolutions opposing the North American Union, by encouraging them to do so now. Time is of the essence as the leaders of this "evolution by stealth" have set a scheduled target date of 2010.