DEBATES ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL TO BE LAUNCHED IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NEXT WEEK

PanARMENIAN.Net
17.01.2007 19:08 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A bill providing for official recognition of
the Armenian Genocide will begin to circulate in the US House of
Representatives for approval this week. Democratic Congressmen Adam
Schiff and Frank Pallone, joined by Republican Congressmen George
Radanovich and Joe Knollenberg have prepared the draft bill and are
expecting over 150 members of the House of Representative to sign it,
reports Hurriyet.

In coming weeks, the House Committee of Foreign Relations is expected
to debate the proposed bill.

"The powerful Armenian lobby is pushing to have a vote occur prior
to April 24, the Armenian Genocide Day, the newspaper says.

Nancy Pelosi, the new Democratic Speaker of the House, has in the
past voiced her support for such a bill.

Speaking in Ankara, US Ambassador to Turkey Ross Wilson said, "I
cannot guess what the outcome will be, but the President does not
have the authority to block this bill."

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress