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2009-HR252 on Mar 17, 2009

The House of Representatives finds the following:
• The Armenian Genocide was conceived and carried out by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923, resulting in the deportation of nearly 2,000,000 Armenians, of whom 1,500,000 men, women, and children w President Woodrow Wilson concurred and chartered some $116,000,000 from 1915 to 1930 to aid Armenian Genocide survivors, including 132,000 orphans who became foster children of the American people.
• [Presidential concurrence has been echoed through Presidents Reagan, Clinton, and Bush].

  DECLARATION OF POLICY: Congress calls upon the President:
  1. to ensure that U.S. foreign policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the U.S. record relating to the Armenian Genocide and the consequences of the failure to realize a just resolution; and
  2. in the President's annual message commemorating the Armenian Genocide to accurately characterize the systematic and deliberate annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians as genocide, and to recall the proud history of U.S. intervention in opposition to the Armenian Genocide.

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  • Topic: Foreign Policy
  • Headline: Acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, as official US policy
  • Headline 2: Sponsored bill to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide
    
    
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  • Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
  • Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
  • Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
  • Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
  
  
  

  Democrats participating in 2009-HR252
  Neil Abercrombie	s1s	Hawaii Democrat (Resigned 2010)
  Gary Ackerman	s1s	New York Dem./Ind./Lib. (Retiring 2012)
  John Adler	s1s	New Jersey Democrat (until 2010)
  Rob Andrews	s1s	New Jersey Democrat (resigned 2014)
  Joe Baca	s1s	California Democratic Challenger
  Xavier Becerra	s1s	California Democrat
  Shelley Berkley	s1s	Nevada Democrat (Senate run 2012)
  Howard Berman	s1s	California Democrat
  Bruce Braley	s1s	IA Democratic Challenger
  Lois Capps	s1s	California Democrat (retiring 2016)
  Michael Capuano	s1s	MA Former Democratic Primary Senate Challenger (2009)
  Dennis Cardoza	s1s	California Democrat (Retiring 2012)
  Emmanuel Cleaver	s1s	Missouri Democrat
  John Conyers	s1s	Michigan Democrat
  Jim Costa	s1s	California Democrat
  Jerry Costello	s1s	Illinois Democrat (Retiring 2012)
  Joe Courtney	s1s	Connecticut Democrat
  Joseph Crowley	s1s	New York Democrat
  Danny Davis	s1s	Illinois Democrat
  Peter Defazio	s1s	Oregon Democrat
  Diana DeGette	s1s	Colorado Democrat
  Rosa DeLauro	s1s	Connecticut Democrat
  Lloyd Doggett	s1s	Texas Democrat
  Anna Eshoo	s1s	California Democrat
  Sam Farr	s1s	California Democrat
  Chaka Fattah	s1s	Pennsylvania Democrat
  Bob Filner	s1s	California Democrat (Mayoral run 2011)
  Barney Frank	s1s	Massachusetts Democrat (Retiring 2012)
  Charles Gonzalez	s1s	Texas Democrat (Retiring 2012)
  Raul Grijalva	s1s	Arizona Democrat
  Jim Himes	s1s	Connecticut Democrat
  Maurice Hinchey	s1s	New York Dem/Working-Fam.(Retired 2012)
  Mazie Hirono	s1s	Hawaii Democrat (Senate run 2012)
  Rush Holt	s1s	New Jersey Democrat (retiring 2014)
  Mike Honda	s1s	California Democrat
  Steny Hoyer	s1s	Maryland Democrat
  Jesse Louis Jackson	s1s	Illinois Democrat (Resigned 2013)
  Patrick Kennedy	s1s	Rhode Island Democrat (until 2010)
  Dale Kildee	s1s	Michigan Democrat (Retiring 2012)
  Dennis Kucinich	s1s	Ohio Democrat (Lost 2012 Primary)
  James Langevin	s1s	Rhode Island Democrat
  John Larson	s1s	Connecticut Democrat
  Barbara Lee	s1s	California Democrat
  Sander Levin	s1s	Michigan Democrat
  Dan Lipinski	s1s	Illinois Democrat
  Zoe Lofgren	s1s	California Democrat
  Nita Lowey	s1s	New York Democrat
  Steve Lynch	s1s	Massachusetts Democrat (Senate run 2013)
  Carolyn Maloney	s1s	New York Democrat/Liberal
  Ed Markey	s1s	MA Democratic Challenger
  Doris Matsui	s1s	California Democrat
  Carolyn McCarthy	s1s	New York Dem. (retiring 2014)
  Betty McCollum	s1s	Minnesota Democrat
  Jim McGovern	s1s	Massachusetts Democrat
  Jerry McNerney	s1s	California Democrat
  Walt Minnick	s1s	Idaho Former Democrat (until 2010)
  Chris Murphy	s1s	Connecticut Democrat (Senate run 2012)
  Jerrold Nadler	s1s	New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
  Grace Napolitano	s1s	California Democrat
  Richard Neal	s1s	Massachusetts Democrat
  John Olver	s1s	Massachusetts Democrat (Retiring 2012)
  Frank Pallone	s1s	New Jersey Democrat
  Donald Payne	s1s	New Jersey Former Democrat(Deceased 2012)
  Tom Perriello	s1s	Virginia Democrat (until 2010)
  Gary Peters	s1s	MI Democratic Challenger
  Collin Peterson	s1s	Minnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
  Jared Polis	s1s	Colorado Democrat
  Mike Quigley	s1s	Illinois Democrat
  Charles Rangel	s1s	New York Dem./Lib. (retiring 2016)
  Steven Rothman	s1s	New Jersey Democrat
  Lucille Roybal-Allard	s1s	California Democrat
  Bobby Rush	s1s	Illinois Democrat
  John Salazar	s1s	Colorado Democrat (Unseated 2010)
  Loretta Sanchez	s1s	CA Democratic Senate candidate
  John Sarbanes	s1s	Maryland Democrat
  Jan Schakowsky	s1s	Illinois Democrat
  Mark Schauer	s1s	MI Democratic Challenger for Governor
  Adam Schiff	s2p	California Democrat
  Allyson Schwartz	s1s	PA Democratic Challenger
  Brad Sherman	s1s	California Democrat
  Albio Sires	s1s	New Jersey Democrat
  Zack Space	s1s	Ohio Democrat (until 2010)
  Jackie Speier	s1s	California Democrat
  Pete Stark	s1s	California Democrat
  Betty Sutton	s1s	Ohio Democrat
  Ellen Tauscher	s1s	California Former Democrat (until 2009)
  John Tierney	s1s	Massachusetts Democrat
  Dina Titus	s1s	Nevada Democrat
  Paul Tonko	s1s	New York Democrat
  Niki Tsongas	s1s	Massachusetts Democrat
  Chris Van Hollen	s1s	Maryland Democrat (retiring 2016)
  Peter Visclosky	s1s	Indiana Democrat
  Tim Walz	s1s	Minnesota Democrat
  Maxine Waters	s1s	California Democrat
  Diane Watson	s1s	California Former Democrat (until 2010)
  Henry Waxman	s1s	California Democrat (retiring 2014)
  Anthony Weiner	s1s	New York Former Democrat(Resigned 2011)
  Lynn Woolsey	s1s	California Democrat (Retiring 2012)
  David Wu	s1s	Oregon Democrat (Resigned 2011)
  John Yarmuth	s1s	Kentucky Democrat

  
  
  

  Republicans participating in 2009-HR252
  Michele Bachmann	s1s	Minnesota Republican (retiring 2014)
  Roscoe Bartlett	s1s	Maryland Republican
  Gus Bilirakis	s1s	Florida Republican
  Ken Calvert	s1s	California Republican
  Eric Cantor	s1s	Virginia Republican
  David Dreier	s1s	California Republican (Retiring 2012)
  Rodney Frelinghuysen	s1s	New Jersey Republican
  Scott Garrett	s1s	New Jersey Republican
  Mark Kirk	s1s	IL Republican Jr Senator
  Leonard Lance	s1s	New Jersey Republican
  Frank LoBiondo	s1s	New Jersey Republican
  Dan Lungren	s1s	California Republican
  Michael McCaul	s1s	Texas Republican
  Thad McCotter	s1s	Michigan Republican
  Buck McKeon	s1s	California Republican (retiring 2014)
  Candice Miller	s1s	Michigan Republican (retiring 2016)
  Devin Nunes	s1s	California Republican
  Peter Roskam	s1s	Illinois Republican
  Ed Royce	s1s	California Republican
  Paul Ryan	s1s	POTUS Republican
  James Sensenbrenner	s1s	Wisconsin Republican
  Christopher Smith	s1s	New Jersey Republican
  Mark Souder	s1s	Indiana Republican (until 2010)
  Frank Wolf	s1s	Virginia Republican (retiring 2014)

  
  
  

  Independents participating in 2009-HR252
  George Radanovich	s1s	California Former GOP (until 2010)

  
  
  

  Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

  Democrats: 100 Republicans: 24 Independents: 1