Author: Tavakalian Edgar

EARLY DEPARTURE OF AHMADINEJAD FROM YEREVAN WILL IN NO WAY AFFECT YEREVAN-TEHRAN RELATIONS – PRESIDENT’S SPOKESMAN

Regnum
Oct 23 2007
Russia

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned the Armenian leadership
about the need to urgently leave Yerevan yesterday, on October 22,
Armenian president’s spokesman Viktor Sogomonyan told a REGNUM
correspondent today.

According to him, the early departure has in no way affected the
Armenian-Iranian relations. "The agenda of Ahmadinejad’s visit in
terms of signing treaties has been completed," the spokesman said.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cut short his two-day visit to Armenia.

Yesterday, he met Armenian President Robert Kocharyan and discussed
prospects of developing the cooperation in energy and possibilities of
constructing an oil refinery plant and a railroad connecting Armenia
to Iran. They also signed several agreements.

BUSH SETS GOALS FOR CONGRESS OVER NEXT NINE MONTHS
By Staff

Washington Continent
newspages2007/bush_sets_goals_for_congress_ove_07_ 091000139.htm
Oct 22 2007

Oct. 22, 2007, 12:20 a.m. -President George W. Bush set a number of
goals this week that leaders in Congress should reach in the next
nine months for the American people. "Now the clock is winding down
and in some key areas Congress is just getting started."

During the morning White House Press Conference, Bush noted
that Congress did manage to pass legislation this year that began
modernizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. "FISA is a law
that our intelligence professionals use to monitor the communications
of terrorists who want to do harm to our people, " he said, adding that
"the problem is that the measure Congress passed expires this coming
February." Bush said the House is now considering another FISA bill
that would weaken the reforms they approved just two months ago.

Congress has work to do to keep our people safe.

He continued this mantra saying:

Congress has work to do on health care:

"Tomorrow Congress will hold a vote attempting to override my veto of
the S-CHIP bill. It’s unlikely that that override vote will succeed,
which Congress knew when they sent me the bill. Now it’s time to put
politics aside and seek common ground to reauthorize this important
program. I’ve asked Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt,
National Economic Council Director Al Hubbard, and OMB Director Jim
Nussle to lead my administration’s discussions with the Congress. I
made clear that if putting poor children first requires more than the
20 percent increase in funding I proposed, we’ll work with Congress to
find the money we need. I’m confident we can work out our differences
and reauthorize S-CHIP.

Congress has work to do on the budget:

"One of Congress’s basic duties is to fund the day-to-day operations
of the federal government. Yet Congress has not sent me a single
appropriations bill. Time is running short, so I urge the Speaker
and the leader of the Senate to name conferees for six of the annual
appropriations bills that have already passed the House and the
Senate. The two Houses need to work out their differences on these
bills, and get them to my desk as soon as possible. They also need
to pass the remaining spending bills, one at a time and in a fiscally
responsible way."

Congress has work to do on education:

"As we saw from the recent Nation’s Report Card, the No Child Left
Behind Act is getting results for America’s children. Test scores
are rising. The achievement gap is beginning to close. And Congress
should send me a bipartisan bill that reauthorizes and strengthens
this effective piece of legislation."

Congress has work to do on housing:

"Back in August I proposed a series of reforms to help homeowners
struggling with their mortgage payments. More than six weeks later,
Congress has yet to finish work on any of these measures. These are
sensible reforms that would help American families stay in their homes,
and Congress needs to act quickly on these proposals."

Congress has work to do on trade:

"Earlier this year my administration reached out to the Congress,
and we forged a bipartisan agreement to advance trade legislation. Now
Congress needs to begin moving on trade agreements with Peru, Colombia,
Panama, and South Korea. These agreements expand access to overseas
markets, they strengthen democratic allies, and they level the playing
field for American workers, farmers, and small businesses."

Congress has work to do for our military veterans:

"Yesterday [Tuesday, October 16] I sent Congress legislation to
implement the Dole-Shalala commission’s recommendations that would
modernize and improve our system of care for wounded warriors.

Congress should consider this legislation promptly so that those
injured while defending our freedom can get the quality care they
deserve.

Congress has work to do for law enforcement and the judiciary:

"I want to thank the Senate Judiciary Committee for beginning hearings
today on Judge Mukasey’s nomination to serve as the Attorney General. I
urge the committee to vote on that nomination this week and send it
to the full Senate for a vote next week. The Senate also needs to
act on the many judicial nominations that are pending, and give those
nominees an up or down vote. Confirming federal judges is one of the
most important responsibilities of the Senate, and the Senate owes
it to the American people to meet that responsibility in a timely way."

Congress also needs to complete the Veterans Affairs appropriations
bill that funds veterans’ benefits and other ongoing programs:

"Look, we have our differences on appropriations bills, but the
veterans’ bill is where we agree. So I ask Congress to send me a
clean bill that will fund our veterans, a bill without unnecessary
spending in it. And they need to get this work done, and I hope they
can get it done by Veteran’s Day. It seems like a reasonable request
on behalf of our nation’s veterans.

"With all these pressing responsibilities, one thing Congress should
not be doing is sorting out the historical record of the Ottoman
Empire. The resolution on the mass killings of Armenians beginning in
1915 is counterproductive. Both Republicans and Democrats, including
every living former Secretary of State, have spoken out against this
resolution. Congress has more important work to do than antagonizing a
democratic ally in the Muslim world, especially one that is providing
vital support for our military every day.

"It’s (sic) little time left in the year, and Congress has little to
show for all the time that has gone by. Now is the time for them to
act. And I look forward to working with members of both parties on
important goals that I’ve outlined this morning."

CZECH FOREIGN MINISTRY CRITICIZES THE SO-CALLED "ELECTIONS TO LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES" IN NAGORNO KARABAKH

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Oct 22 2007

Czech Foreign Ministry made a statement on the so-called "elections
to local municipalities" in Nagorno Karabakh, Azerbaijani Embassy in
Czechia told the APA.

Czech Foreign Ministry criticized the so-called "elections to local
municipalities" in Nagorno Karabakh, occupied Azerbaijani territory.

Elections to local municipalities in Nagorno Karabakh can be recognized
as legitimate only if the refugees are allowed to return to their
homes and take part in the elections. Czech Foreign Ministry believes
that such unilateral acts do not contribute to the efforts of the
international community aimed at reaching a peaceful solution of the
conflict in Nagorno Karabakh. The Czech Republic fully supports the
activity of the OSCE Minsk Group and its co-chairs and calls on the
parties involved in the conflict for further peace processes.

ANALYSIS: DOWN BUT NOT OUT, BUSH BESTS DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS
By Charles Babington, Associated Press Writer

Associated Press Worldstream
October 21, 2007 Sunday 12:17 AM GMT

By any measure, President George W. Bush had a good week in Congress.

At his urging, the Democratic-controlled Congress pulled back on an
Armenian genocide measure, withdrew a surveillance oversight bill and,
in a high-stakes showdown, sustained his veto of a bill increasing
spending for a children’s health insurance program.

His fellow Republicans may pay a high price in next November’s
elections, some people think. But that is about the only comfort
Democrats could find from those recent turnabouts, which showed the
resiliency of a lame-duck president with dismal approval ratings.

Democrats, to their shock, have learned that the 2006 elections did
not yield a mandate to start winding down the Iraq war. This month they
threw their strongest domestic punch, daring Bush to veto a $35 billion
(euro24.5 billion) increase to the popular children’s health program.

He took the dare, and on Thursday the House upheld his veto with 13
votes to spare.

Bush may be bruised and wobbly. But the president remains on his feet
after another round in which Democrats hoped for a knockout.

Whether his tenacity proves politically wise in the next election or
not, it seems to embolden Republican lawmakers and leave Democrats
looking tentative.

Facing more veto threats over spending, they have yet to send him an
appropriations bill for the new budget year, which began Oct. 1. Nor
have they resolved House-Senate differences on an important energy
bill.

Senate Democrats do not seem inclined to oppose Bush’s nominee for
attorney general even though Michael Mukasey would not say at his
confirmation hearings that an interrogation technique that simulates
drowning and is known as waterboarding amounts to torture.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gamely attributed the week’s setbacks to
"the legislative process." Republicans, meanwhile, reveled in the fact
that the Democrats’ two-week attack on lawmakers who backed Bush on
children’s health did not switch a single Republican House member’s
vote on the override question.

Minutes after the vote, the House Republican Conference issued a
taunting statement suggesting Pelosi and her allies needed Alka-Seltzer
medicine for a bad hangover.

"House Democrats are hung over, beleaguered from a very bad week of
legislative embarrassments, fatally flawed policy prescriptions,
dodged bullets, lost votes on the House floor and new record-low
approval ratings," it said.

Democratic leaders say they will have the last laugh. They predict
voters next year will punish Republicans for sticking with Bush on
Iraq, health care and other issues. But even that article of faith
seemed less certain last week.

Underfunded Republican Jim Ogonowski came within 6 percentage points
of winning a special House election in a Massachusetts district where
he was expected to do worse.

Perhaps the week’s best news for Democrats is that they began to see
the limits to Bush’s powers. The president prevailed on the children’s
insurance program only by resorting to the veto, his bluntest tool.

"It’s the veto, and the veto alone, that is the last line of defense
for a president whose administration’s life is waning away," said
Ross K. Baker, a Rutgers University political scientist.

An embattled president facing a closely divided Congress almost always
can win a veto fight, Baker said, because the two-thirds majority
needed for an override in both houses is a high bar.

"But the results are not really borne by the president," he said.

"They are borne by the members of his party" at the next election. In
this case, Baker said, Bush "won’t be around to take his share."

Feeling that Bush is nearing the limits of his veto powers, Democratic
lawmakers are discussing which bills might push him over the edge. The
likeliest candidate is a long-delayed $20 billion (euro14 billion)
water projects bill.

Lawmakers in both parties like it and Bush has pledged to veto it
because it has many expensive pet projects for communities throughout
the country.

As for children’s health, Democratic leaders believe they can make
modest changes that will preserve the bill’s essence while giving a
handful of House Republicans enough political cover to drop their
opposition. Once that happens, they say, Bush is likely to claim
victory and sign it into law.

Progress in other areas, they acknowledge, may not come until
more House and Senate Republicans conclude that loyalty to Bush is
endangering their careers. The approaching presidential primaries
may focus their thoughts, said the Senate’s second-ranking Democrat,
Richard Durbin of Illinois.

"After the primaries are behind us, a lot of Republican members are
thinking seriously about November, and I think the dynamics will
change," Durbin told reporters.

For the time being, however, the president can savor one of his best
weeks in a long while.

EDITOR’s NOTE Charles Babington has covered politics in Washington
for 14 years.

International Herald Tribune, France
Oct 19 2007

Pitfalls abound if U.S. labels slaughter of Armenians a genocide
The Associated PressPublished: October 19, 2007

It’s a dispute that goes back nearly a century – yet suddenly it’s
overshadowing everything from America’s engagement in Afghanistan and
Iraq to Turkey’s friendship with Israel and its drive to join the EU.

The World War I-era slaughter of up to 1.5 million Armenians by
Ottoman Turks has come back to haunt policy makers in Washington,
where the U.S. House of Representatives is wrestling with a
resolution that would condemn the killings as a genocide.

Its backers, who include Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel,
insist there’s no statute of limitations on human cruelty. Idealism
must triumph over realpolitik, they contend, maintaining a failure to
do so would be tantamount to trivializing the Nazi Holocaust.

But skeptics tick off a long list of geopolitical reasons that they
contend make the resolution the wrong decision at the wrong time.

Analysts warn that alienating Turkey – a key NATO ally – could lead
the U.S. into "a moral blind alley" with serious repercussions for
years to come.

"It’s not a good idea right now. And beyond that, it’s never a good
idea to turn back the clock that far and try to rub something in that
you know is very sensitive," said Robert McGeehan, a specialist in
American policy at Chatham House, a London think tank.

Although congressional support for the resolution has eroded since
Turkey recalled its ambassador in protest after it cleared the House
Foreign Affairs Committee, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other
Democratic leaders fiercely defend it as a moral imperative.

"Such denial at the highest level of government would be unbelievable
and grotesque," the Hartford Courant said in an editorial this week.

But others say a backlash from Turkey would cut off American access
to the critical Incirlik Air Base, through which more than half of
U.S. fuel and other supplies for the campaigns in Iraq and
Afghanistan flows.

They say the resolution’s passage also would embolden Turkey to carry
out cross-border attacks on Kurdish rebel camps in northern Iraq.

President Bush has asked Pelosi to not call for a House vote, warning
that it could cripple U.S. relations with Turkey. On Thursday,
Defense Secretary Robert Gates agreed, saying it threatened to damage
ties "perhaps beyond repair."

Turkey denies the 1915-17 deaths constituted genocide. It says the
toll has been inflated and that those killed were victims of civil
war and unrest in the waning years of the Ottoman Empire.

"Nobody has the right to judge Turkey like this," Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan said this week, warning that any nation that
does "will pay the price."

His foreign policy adviser, Egemen Bagis, said Turkey should impose
sanctions on Armenia because it supports the resolution. That would
set back years of efforts at rapprochement between the two countries.

"Congressional action would make Turks more, not less, reluctant to
face the historical issue and move towards some form of meaningful
reconciliation," said Anthony H. Cordesman, former director of
intelligence assessment at the Pentagon and now an analyst with the
private Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.

The resolution also threatens to upset some delicate diplomacy in the
Middle East, where Turkey has been mediating between Syria and
Israel.

Israel considers mostly Muslim Turkey its best friend in the Islamic
world. Israel has lucrative weapons deals with Turkey, and Turkey is
the No. 1 tourist destination for Israelis.

But the Jewish state can’t afford to alienate Washington, by far its
most important ally, so it’s walking a tightrope – acknowledging the
Armenian suffering while stopping short of calling it genocide.

In the U.S., critics question Pelosi’s motives, noting she has a
large Armenian-American constituency. They say the resolution is
shortsighted and warn it could confront the next U.S. president with
a major foreign policy crisis.

"I believe the House of Representatives may have gotten itself into a
moral blind alley," Jason Lee Steorts wrote in a commentary for the
National Review.

The House isn’t the first to wrestle with the thorny question of the
Armenian slaughter.

Last year, the European Parliament drafted a resolution that
originally demanded that Turkey acknowledge the killings as a
genocide before it can join the EU.

But at the last moment, it amended the resolution to say it was
"indispensable" for Turkey to come to terms with its past.

Some countries or leaders have declared the mass killings a genocide
– most notably France, which last year made it a crime to deny the
slaughter was genocide. Turkey retaliated by cutting off military
ties.

When Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper publicly proclaimed the
slaughter a genocide in 2006, Turkey promptly pulled out of a
military exercise in Canada and briefly recalled its ambassador.

RA Prime Minister to pay an official visit to France

armradio.am
19.10.2007 15:35

October 24 RA Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan will leave the United
States for the Republic of France. In the framework of the official
visit Serge Sargsyan will have meetings with the President of France
Nicolas Sarkozy and Prime Minister Francois Fillon.

Serge Sargsyan is also expected to make a speech at the dinner in the
honor of RA Prime Minister, featuring members of the French Senate and
National Assembly, heads of influential French-Armenian organizations.

During the stay in Paris RA Prime Minister will give an interview to
`Figaro’ and `Politik Internasional’ periodicals. Prime Minister Serge
Sargsyan will meet also with Armenian students in France.

October RA Prime Minister will return to Yerevan.

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL LOOKS STALLED
By Patrick O’Connor

CBS News, NY
Oct 18 2007

(The Politico) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) acknowledged
Wednesday that prospects appear dim for legislation to reclassify
the killing of Armenians almost a century ago.

"Whether it will come up or not, or what the action will be, remains
to be seen," the speaker told reporters Wednesday morning, according
to the Associated Press.

Pelosi’s remarks marked a turn in the debate after her number two,
Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.), told reporters on Tuesday that
Democratic leaders were still committed to bringing a bill to the floor
before the end of the year despite unraveling support for the measure.

Democrats and Republicans have withdrawn support for the bill this
week following explosive protests by the Turkish government and
extensive lobbying by the administration.

AGHASI YENOKYAN: "RUSSIA HAS MORE INFLUENCE IN JAVAKHK THAT ARMENIA DOES"

Panorama.am
20:40 18/10/2007

"The issues we have with Georgia are, firstly, economic, but also
the issues related to Armenians living in Georgia," noted political
scientist Aghasi Yenokyan in response to a question by a Panorama.am
journalist about current Armenian-Georgian relations and the method of
solving existing problems. In his words, Georgia has passed Armenia
in the economic sphere, and somehow has found the road to continue
this progress, whereas Armenia has fallen short in this realm.

"Concerning Armenians living in Georgia, here we seem to be overstating
the reality of the situation," Yenokyan said, adding that the best
way to solve problems facing Armenians living in Georgia is for
them to integrate into Georgian society and turn into full-fledged
Georgian citizens. "Armenia’s role should be to assist culturally
and economically," he said.

To the question as to the influence of third parties on
Armenian-Georgian relations, considering the fact that Russia at
times uses the Javakhk card when punishing Georgia, Yenokyan said,
"I think the influence of this third party is diminishing, with time,
yet this influence remains noticeable, at least for the time being. But
I think that Russia has more influence in Javakhk than Armenia does,"
he said in conclusion.

AN ARMENIAN DELEGATION HEADED BY ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER SERZH SARGSYAN WILL LEAVE FOR THE UNITED STATES ON OCTOBER 17.

ArmInfo
2007-10-16 22:10:00

The Armenian governmental press-service told ArmInfo that the
Armenian minister of finance and economy, minister of trade and
economic development, minister of agriculture, Armenian president’s
chief adviser for economic issues, chairman of the Central Bank
of Armenia, and deputy foreign minister of Armenia are members of
the delegation. Within the frames of the visit, the governmental
delegation will take part in the session of the World Bank and the
annual forum of the International Monetary Fund, as well as in the
session of the Armenian-US intergovernmental commission for economic
development. The Armenian prime minister will pay a visit to Pentagon
and meet US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on October 18. The
same day, S.Sargsyan will meet US Vice President Richard Cheney in
the White House. He will also meet Head of the Millennium Challenge
Corporation John Danilovich. On October 19, the Armenian delegation
will go to Los Angeles where S.Sargsyan will meet the leadership of
the Lincy Foundation. On October 23, the prime minister will have a
face-to-face meeting with US Under Secretary Ruben Jeffery at the US
Department of State.

S.Sargsyan is expected to meet US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
as well. On October 23, the Armenian delegation will leave for France.

The Library of Congress
H.RES.106
10/16/2007

Title: Calling upon the President to ensure that the foreign policy of
the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity
concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and
genocide documented in the United States record relating to the
Armenian Genocide, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] (introduced 1/30/2007) Cosponsors
(214)
Related Bills: S.RES.106
Latest Major Action: 10/10/2007 House committee/subcommittee
actions. Status: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 27 – 21.

COSPONSORS(214), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:

Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] – 1/31/2007Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] – 1/31/2007
Rep Allen, Thomas H. [ME-1] – 1/31/2007Rep Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1] – 1/31/2007
Rep Arcuri, Michael A. [NY-24] – 7/18/2007Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43] – 1/31/2007
Rep Bachmann, Michele [MN-6] – 3/1/2007Rep Baird, Brian [WA-3] – 3/12/2007
Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] – 1/31/2007Rep Barrow, John [GA-12] – 6/20/2007
Rep Bean, Melissa L. [IL-8] – 1/31/2007Rep Becerra, Xavier [CA-31] – 1/31/2007
Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] – 1/31/2007Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] – 1/31/2007
Rep Bilbray, Brian P. [CA-50] – 3/12/2007Rep Bilirakis, Gus M. [FL-9] – 1/31/2007
Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] – 4/19/2007Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] – 1/31/2007
Rep Bono, Mary [CA-45] – 1/31/2007Rep Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [GU] – 6/21/2007
Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1] – 3/12/2007Rep Braley, Bruce L. [IA-1] – 4/19/2007
Rep Butterfield, G. K. [NC-1] – 6/28/2007Rep Calvert, Ken [CA-44] – 1/31/2007
Rep Camp, Dave [MI-4] – 6/7/2007Rep Campbell, John [CA-48] – 1/31/2007
Rep Cantor, Eric [VA-7] – 1/31/2007Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] – 1/31/2007
Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-8] – 1/31/2007Rep Cardoza, Dennis A. [CA-18] – 1/31/2007
Rep Carson, Julia [IN-7] – 6/28/2007Rep Christensen, Donna M. [VI] – 7/10/2007
Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] – 4/16/2007Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] – 1/31/2007
Rep Cleaver, Emanuel [MO-5] – 1/31/2007Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] – 1/31/2007
Rep Costa, Jim [CA-20] – 1/31/2007Rep Costello, Jerry F. [IL-12] – 1/31/2007
Rep Courtney, Joe [CT-2] – 5/14/2007Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] – 1/31/2007
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] – 6/28/2007Rep Davis, Artur [AL-7] – 6/26/2007
Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] – 1/31/2007Rep Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] – 1/31/2007
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] – 1/31/2007Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] – 2/5/2007
Rep Delahunt, William D. [MA-10] – 1/31/2007Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] – 1/31/2007
Rep Dent, Charles W. [PA-15] – 1/31/2007Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [FL-21] – 1/31/2007
Rep Diaz-Balart, Mario [FL-25] – 1/31/2007Rep Dingell, John D. [MI-15] – 1/31/2007
Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-25] – 1/31/2007Rep Doolittle, John T. [CA-4] – 1/31/2007
Rep Doyle, Michael F. [PA-14] – 1/31/2007Rep Dreier, David [CA-26] – 1/31/2007
Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] – 2/5/2007Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] – 1/31/2007
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] – 1/31/2007Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] – 1/31/2007
Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] – 1/31/2007Rep Ferguson, Mike [NJ-7] – 1/31/2007
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] – 1/31/2007Rep Fortuno, Luis G. [PR] – 10/4/2007
Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] – 1/31/2007Rep Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [NJ-11] – 1/31/2007
Rep Garrett, Scott [NJ-5] – 1/31/2007Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6] – 1/31/2007
Rep Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [NY-20] – 7/18/2007Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. [TX-20] – 1/31/2007
Rep Green, Al [TX-9] – 3/1/2007Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] – 2/5/2007
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] – 1/31/2007Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] – 1/31/2007
Rep Hall, John J. [NY-19] – 8/2/2007Rep Hare, Phil [IL-17] – 1/31/2007
Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] – 2/8/2007Rep Herseth, Stephanie [SD] – 1/31/2007
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] – 1/31/2007Rep Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15] – 1/31/2007
Rep Hirono, Mazie K. [HI-2] – 6/20/2007Rep Hodes, Paul W. [NH-2] – 5/9/2007
Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] – 1/31/2007Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] – 1/31/2007
Rep Hunter, Duncan [CA-52] – 4/16/2007Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] – 1/31/2007
Rep Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49] – 1/31/2007Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] – 1/31/2007
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] – 1/31/2007Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [OH-11] – 1/31/2007
Rep Kagen, Steve [WI-8] – 6/28/2007Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] – 1/31/2007
Rep Kildee, Dale E. [MI-5] – 1/31/2007Rep Kind, Ron [WI-3] – 1/31/2007
Rep Kingston, Jack [GA-1] – 6/26/2007Rep Kirk, Mark Steven [IL-10] – 1/31/2007
Rep Knollenberg, Joe [MI-9] – 1/30/2007Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] – 1/31/2007
Rep Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. [NY-29] – 6/20/2007Rep LaHood, Ray [IL-18] – 8/2/2007
Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] – 1/31/2007Rep Larsen, Rick [WA-2] – 6/28/2007
Rep Larson, John B. [CT-1] – 5/24/2007Rep LaTourette, Steven C. [OH-14] – 3/1/2007
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] – 1/31/2007Rep Levin, Sander M. [MI-12] – 1/31/2007
Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] – 1/31/2007Rep Lipinski, Daniel [IL-3] – 1/31/2007
Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. [NJ-2] – 1/31/2007Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] – 1/31/2007
Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] – 1/31/2007Rep Lungren, Daniel E. [CA-3] – 1/31/2007
Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [MA-9] – 1/31/2007Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] – 1/31/2007
Rep Marchant, Kenny [TX-24] – 2/8/2007Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] – 1/31/2007
Rep Marshall, Jim [GA-8] – 6/26/2007Rep Matheson, Jim [UT-2] – 1/31/2007
Rep Matsui, Doris O. [CA-5] – 1/31/2007Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] – 1/31/2007
Rep McCarthy, Kevin [CA-22] – 2/5/2007Rep McCaul, Michael T. [TX-10] – 1/31/2007
Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] – 1/31/2007Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] – 1/30/2007
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] – 1/31/2007Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] – 1/31/2007
Rep McHugh, John M. [NY-23] – 8/2/2007Rep McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [CA-25] – 1/31/2007
Rep McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [WA-5] – 1/31/2007Rep McNerney, Jerry [CA-11] – 2/5/2007
Rep McNulty, Michael R. [NY-21] – 1/31/2007Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] – 1/31/2007
Rep Meek, Kendrick B. [FL-17] – 6/21/2007Rep Melancon, Charlie [LA-3] – 1/31/2007
Rep Michaud, Michael H. [ME-2] – 2/8/2007Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita [CA-37] – 1/31/2007
Rep Miller, Candice S. [MI-10] – 1/31/2007Rep Miller, Gary G. [CA-42] – 3/29/2007
Rep Miller, George [CA-7] – 1/31/2007Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] – 1/31/2007
Rep Murphy, Christopher S. [CT-5] – 5/21/2007Rep Musgrave, Marilyn N. [CO-4] – 1/31/2007
Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] – 1/31/2007Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] – 1/31/2007
Rep Neal, Richard E. [MA-2] – 1/31/2007Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] – 1/31/2007
Rep Nunes, Devin [CA-21] – 1/31/2007Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] – 1/31/2007
Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] – 1/30/2007Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] – 1/31/2007
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] – 1/31/2007Rep Perlmutter, Ed [CO-7] – 3/29/2007
Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] – 1/31/2007Rep Pitts, Joseph R. [PA-16] – 6/7/2007
Rep Porter, Jon C. [NV-3] – 1/31/2007Rep Radanovich, George [CA-19] – 1/30/2007
Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] – 1/31/2007Rep Reichert, David G. [WA-8] – 4/16/2007
Rep Renzi, Rick [AZ-1] – 1/31/2007Rep Richardson, Laura [CA-37] – 10/4/2007
Rep Rodriguez, Ciro D. [TX-23] – 6/26/2007Rep Rogers, Mike J. [MI-8] – 1/31/2007
Rep Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-46] – 1/31/2007Rep Roskam, Peter J. [IL-6] – 5/21/2007
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] – 1/31/2007Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille [CA-34] – 1/31/2007
Rep Royce, Edward R. [CA-40] – 1/31/2007Rep Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1] – 1/31/2007
Rep Ryan, Paul [WI-1] – 1/31/2007Rep Ryan, Tim [OH-17] – 1/31/2007
Rep Salazar, John T. [CO-3] – 4/16/2007Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-39] – 1/31/2007
Rep Sanchez, Loretta [CA-47] – 1/31/2007Rep Sarbanes, John P. [MD-3] – 1/31/2007
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] – 1/31/2007Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y. [PA-13] – 1/31/2007
Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [VA-3] – 6/28/2007Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [WI-5] – 1/31/2007
Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] – 6/26/2007Rep Shays, Christopher [CT-4] – 1/31/2007
Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] – 1/30/2007Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] – 1/31/2007
Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] – 1/31/2007Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] – 1/31/2007
Rep Souder, Mark E. [IN-3] – 1/31/2007Rep Space, Zachary T. [OH-18] – 3/12/2007
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] – 1/31/2007Rep Sutton, Betty [OH-13] – 3/29/2007
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. [CA-10] – 1/31/2007Rep Thompson, Bennie G. [MS-2] – 6/20/2007
Rep Thompson, Mike [CA-1] – 1/31/2007Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] – 1/31/2007
Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] – 1/31/2007Rep Udall, Mark [CO-2] – 1/31/2007
Rep Udall, Tom [NM-3] – 5/14/2007Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] – 1/31/2007
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] – 2/5/2007Rep Visclosky, Peter J. [IN-1] – 1/31/2007
Rep Walberg, Timothy [MI-7] – 6/7/2007Rep Walsh, James T. [NY-25] – 2/8/2007
Rep Walz, Timothy J. [MN-1] – 1/31/2007Rep Wamp, Zach [TN-3] – 1/31/2007
Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35] – 1/31/2007Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] – 1/31/2007
Rep Watt, Melvin L. [NC-12] – 6/28/2007Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] – 1/31/2007
Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] – 1/31/2007Rep Weller, Jerry [IL-11] – 1/31/2007
Rep Wilson, Joe [SC-2] – 1/31/2007Rep Wolf, Frank R. [VA-10] – 1/31/2007
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] – 1/31/2007Rep Wu, David [OR-1] – 2/8/2007
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] – 1/31/2007Rep Yarmuth, John A. [KY-3] – 7/10/2007
Rep Berry, Marion [AR-1] – 1/31/2007(withdrawn – 10/15/2007)Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13] – 1/31/2007(withdrawn – 10/15/2007)
Rep English, Phil [PA-3] – 1/31/2007(withdrawn – 3/15/2007)Rep Jindal, Bobby [LA-1] – 1/31/2007(withdrawn – 1/31/2007)
Rep Holden, Tim [PA-17] – 1/31/2007(withdrawn – 10/16/2007)Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [GA-2] – 1/31/2007(withdrawn – 10/15/2007)
Rep Carnahan, Russ [MO-3] – 1/31/2007(withdrawn – 10/2/2007)Rep Shimkus, John [IL-19] – 1/31/2007(withdrawn – 10/4/2007)
Rep Boren, Dan [OK-2] – 1/31/2007(withdrawn – 5/2/2007)Rep Davis, Lincoln [TN-4] – 1/31/2007(withdrawn – 10/15/2007)
Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3] – 1/31/2007(withdrawn – 3/13/2007)Rep Ross, Mike [AR-4] – 1/31/2007(withdrawn – 10/15/2007)
Rep Scott, David [GA-13] – 1/31/2007(withdrawn – 4/18/2007)Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [GA-4] – 2/8/2007(withdrawn – 10/16/2007)
Rep Lamborn, Doug [CO-5] – 2/8/2007(withdrawn – 10/16/2007)Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. [CO-6] – 4/19/2007(withdrawn – 6/27/2007)
Rep Mitchell, Harry E. [AZ-5] – 6/21/2007(withdrawn – 10/16/2007)Rep Cuellar, Henry [TX-28] – 6/26/2007(withdrawn – 10/9/2007)
Rep Wicker, Roger F. [MS-1] – 6/26/2007(withdrawn – 6/28/2007)Rep Boyd, Allen [FL-2] – 6/28/2007(withdrawn – 10/15/2007)
Rep Herger, Wally [CA-2] – 7/18/2007(withdrawn – 10/15/2007)