U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted Genocide Resolution

After 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.

Voting results are as follows:

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

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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