This was a resolution created by Democratic representative Adam Schiff, and was presented to the House of Foreign Affairs Committee who accepted it (27 vs 21 votes). It is a non-binding resolution that calls for foreign policy to recognize the Armenian Genocide as "fact" and to take necessary sensitivity precautions when discussing these events. The resolution was introduced on January 30, 2007.

Current Co-Sponsors

As of now, including Rep. Schiff, the resolution has 215 co-sponsorshttp://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-genocidebox17oct17,1,2794296.story?coll=la-news-politics-national&ctrack=1&cset=true (in alphabetical order):

• Rep Neil Abercrombie [HI-1] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Gary Ackerman [NY-5] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Thomans Allen [ME-1] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Robert Andrews [NJ-1] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Michael Arcuri [NY-24] - 7/18/2007
• Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Bachmann, Michele [MN-6] - 3/1/2007
• Rep Baird, Brian [WA-3] - 3/12/2007
• Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Barrow, John [GA-12] - 6/20/2007
• Rep Bean, Melissa L. [IL-8] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Becerra, Xavier [CA-31] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Bilbray, Brian P. [CA-50] - 3/12/2007
• Rep Bilirakis, Gus M. [FL-9] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] - 4/19/2007
• Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Bono, Mary [CA-45] - 1/31/2007
• Del Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [GU] - 6/21/2007
• Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1] - 3/12/2007
• Rep Braley, Bruce L. [IA-1] - 4/19/2007
• Rep Butterfield, G. K. [NC-1] - 6/28/2007
• Rep Calvert, Ken [CA-44] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Camp, Dave [MI-4] - 6/7/2007
• Rep Campbell, John [CA-48] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Cantor, Eric [VA-7] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-8] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Cardoza, Dennis A. [CA-18] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Carson, Julia [IN-7] - 6/28/2007
• Del Christensen, Donna M. [VI] - 7/10/2007
• Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 4/16/2007
• Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Cleaver, Emanuel [MO-5] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Costa, Jim [CA-20] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Costello, Jerry F. [IL-12] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Courtney, Joe [CT-2] - 5/14/2007
• Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 6/28/2007
• Rep Davis, Artur [AL-7] - 6/26/2007
• Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] - 1/31/2007
• Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 1/31/2007
• Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] - 2/5/2007
• Rep Delahunt, William D. [MA-10] - 1/31/2007
• Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Dent, Charles W. [PA-15] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [FL-21] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Diaz-Balart, Mario [FL-25] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Dingell, John D. [MI-15] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-25] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Doolittle, John T. [CA-4] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Doyle, Michael F. [PA-14] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Dreier, David [CA-26] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - 2/5/2007
• Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Ferguson, Mike [NJ-7] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 1/31/2007
• Del Fortuno, Luis G. [PR] - 10/4/2007
• Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [NJ-11] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Garrett, Scott [NJ-5] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [NY-20] - 7/18/2007
• Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. [TX-20] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Green, Al [TX-9] - 3/1/2007
• Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] - 2/5/2007
• Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Hall, John J. [NY-19] - 8/2/2007
• Rep Hare, Phil [IL-17] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] - 2/8/2007
• Rep Herseth, Stephanie [SD] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Hirono, Mazie K. [HI-2] - 6/20/2007
• Rep Hodes, Paul W. [NH-2] - 5/9/2007
• Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [OH-11] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Kagen, Steve [WI-8] - 6/28/2007
• Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Kildee, Dale E. [MI-5] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Kind, Ron [WI-3] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Kingston, Jack [GA-1] - 6/26/2007
• Rep Kirk, Mark Steven [IL-10] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Knollenberg, Joe [MI-9] - 1/30/2007
• Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. [NY-29] - 6/20/2007
• Rep LaHood, Ray [IL-18] - 8/2/2007
• Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Larsen, Rick [WA-2] - 6/28/2007
• Rep Larson, John B. [CT-1] - 5/24/2007
• Rep LaTourette, Steven C. [OH-14] - 3/1/2007
• Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Levin, Sander M. [MI-12] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Lipinski, Daniel [IL-3] - 1/31/2007
• Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. [NJ-2] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Lungren, Daniel E. [CA-3] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [MA-9] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Marchant, Kenny [TX-24] - 2/8/2007
• Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Marshall, Jim [GA-8] - 6/26/2007
• Rep Matheson, Jim [UT-2] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Matsui, Doris O. [CA-5] - 1/31/2007
• Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] - 1/31/2007
• Rep McCarthy, Kevin [CA-22] - 2/5/2007
• Rep McCaul, Michael T. [TX-10] - 1/31/2007
• Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 1/31/2007
• Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] - 1/30/2007
• Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 1/31/2007
• Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 1/31/2007
• Rep McHugh, John M. [NY-23] - 8/2/2007
• Rep McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [CA-25] - 1/31/2007
• Rep McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [WA-5] - 1/31/2007
• Rep McNerney, Jerry [CA-11] - 2/5/2007
• Rep McNulty, Michael R. [NY-21] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Meek, Kendrick B. [FL-17] - 6/21/2007
• Rep Melancon, Charlie [LA-3] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Michaud, Michael H. [ME-2] - 2/8/2007
• Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita [CA-37] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Miller, Candice S. [MI-10] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Miller, Gary G. [CA-42] - 3/29/2007
• Rep Miller, George [CA-7] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Murphy, Christopher S. [CT-5] - 5/21/2007
• Rep Musgrave, Marilyn N. [CO-4] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Neal, Richard E. [MA-2] - 1/31/2007
• Del Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Nunes, Devin [CA-21] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] - 1/30/2007
• Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Perlmutter, Ed [CO-7] - 3/29/2007
• Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Pitts, Joseph R. [PA-16] - 6/7/2007
• Rep Porter, Jon C. [NV-3] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Radanovich, George [CA-19] - 1/30/2007
• Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Reichert, David G. [WA-8] - 4/16/2007
• Rep Renzi, Rick [AZ-1] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Richardson, Laura [CA-37] - 10/4/2007
• Rep Rodriguez, Ciro D. [TX-23] - 6/26/2007
• Rep Rogers, Mike J. [MI-8] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-46] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Roskam, Peter J. [IL-6] - 5/21/2007
• Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille [CA-34] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Royce, Edward R. [CA-40] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Ryan, Paul [WI-1] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Ryan, Tim [OH-17] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Salazar, John T. [CO-3] - 4/16/2007
• Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-39] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Sanchez, Loretta [CA-47] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Sarbanes, John P. [MD-3] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y. [PA-13] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [VA-3] - 6/28/2007
• Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [WI-5] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] - 6/26/2007
• Rep Shays, Christopher [CT-4] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] - 1/30/2007
• Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Souder, Mark E. [IN-3] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Space, Zachary T. [OH-18] - 3/12/2007
• Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Sutton, Betty [OH-13] - 3/29/2007
• Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. [CA-10] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Thompson, Bennie G. [MS-2] - 6/20/2007
• Rep Thompson, Mike [CA-1] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Udall, Mark [CO-2] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Udall, Tom [NM-3] - 5/14/2007
• Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 2/5/2007
• Rep Visclosky, Peter J. [IN-1] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Walberg, Timothy [MI-7] - 6/7/2007
• Rep Walsh, James T. [NY-25] - 2/8/2007
• Rep Walz, Timothy J. [MN-1] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Wamp, Zach [TN-3] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Watt, Melvin L. [NC-12] - 6/28/2007
• Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Weller, Jerry [IL-11] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Wilson, Joe [SC-2] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Wolf, Frank R. [VA-10] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Wu, David [OR-1] - 2/8/2007
• Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] - 1/31/2007
• Rep Yarmuth, John A. [KY-3] - 7/10/2007

At least 11 representatives have withdrawn as cosponsors since October 15, 2007, and the number of cosponsors fell short of a majority of the House.http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-genocide17oct17,1,6017016.story?track=crosspromo&coll=la-news-politics-national&ctrack=2&cset=true http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/17/washington/17cong.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin

Opposition to H.R. 106

The bill has been opposed by the US President's administration and the Turkish Republic. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged US lawmakers to drop the resolution. She said

Eight former US secretaries of state, both republican and democrat, signed a petition calling for the blockage of this resolution.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/bronwen_maddox/article2673395.ece

Gregory Meeks, a Democratic representative from New York in the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, voted against the resolution, arguing that Congress should focus on the failings of U.S. history, such as slavery or the killings of Native Americans, before it starts condemning the histories of other countries. He said,

Zbigniew Brzezinski, a former U.S. national security adviser, stated in an interview to CNN:

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter also stated in an interview to CNN:

The resolution also received negative reactions in mass media. Richmond Times-Dispatch columnist expressed his surprise that

The newspaper quotes Robert J. Miller, a professor at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Ore., who called it "unbelievable" that Congress is pointing fingers elsewhere while ignoring a U.S. history of black enslavement and the destruction and displacement of Indians.http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-10-22-0145.html

Negative Media response to the resolution

Bill Maher's Response

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Bill Maher shows how absurd and ridiculous the house is for succumbing to political pressure by Armenian's and their powerful lobbying machines.

Bush's Response

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He forgot to mention that the resolution is based on false accusations of genocide and twists the definition of massacres (which happened mutually) to a definition of genocide. It clearly shows how afraid even the Bush administration is from heavy attacks by Armenian propagandists and lobbyists.

CNN

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They forget to mention that there is an on-going debate amongst WESTERN historians related to the Armenian genocide theory. In fact, most unbiased Western historians agree it should NOT be labeled as genocide. While the people pushing for recognition of Armenian genocide, are 99% Armenian. Many authors on books dealing with genocide are sociologists/psychologists/lawyers of Armenian descent, very few have historical degrees.

Rep. Ed Whitfield

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At least someone has decided to do a bit of research.

Bush Administration

President Bush made several statements condemning the Armenian Genocide resolution.

Turkish Republic's Response

According to the Washington Post, Turkey is spending thousands of dollars on lobbyists to stop this resolution. However, it fails to mention the millions of dollars it took Armenians, to bring this propaganda resolution to the house in the first place.

Gunduz Aktan, is a member of the delegation of Turkish parliamentarians, who were in Washington,_D.C. to protest against the resolution.