U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted Genocide Resolution

U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted Genocide Resolution

00:32 / 03/05/2010After discussing the Armenian Genocide Resolution for several hours, the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs held an open voting.
On Armenian delegation were RA Ambassador to the U.S. Tatul Margaryan and ARF Dashnaktsutyun faction leader Vahan Hovhannisyan.
Before the voting end, Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan left for the presidential residence to discuss the situation with country’s President Abdullah Gul.
Twenty-three congressmen voted for, while 22 — against.
NEWS.am issues voting results:

Democrats

Howard Bermann — for
Gary Ackerman — for
Eni Faleomavaega — for
Donald Payne — for
Brad Sherman- for
Eliot Engel — for
Bill Delahunt — against
Gregory Meeks- for
Diane Watson — for
Russ Carnahan — against
Albio Sires — for
Gerald Connolly — against
Michael McMahon — against
John Tanner — against
Gene Green — for
Lynn Woolsey — for
Sheila Jackson Lee — not present
Barbara Lee — for
Shelley Berkley- for
Joseph Crowley — for
Mike Ross — against
Brad Miller — against
David Scott — against
Jim Costa — for
Keith Ellison — for
Gabrielle Giffords — for

Republicans

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen — against
Christopher Smith — for
Dan Burton — against
Dana Rohrabacher — for
Donald Manzullo — for
Edward Royce — for
Ron Paul — against
Jeff Flake — against
Mike Pence — against
Joe Wilson — against
John Boozman — against
Gresham Barrett — against
Connie Mack — against
Jeff Fortenberry — against
Michael McCaul — against
Ted Poe — against
Bob Inglis — against
Gus Bilirakis — for.

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