Akaka bill in U.S. House this week; White House threatens veto
According
to the Hawaii
Reporter, the Akaka Bill is scheduled to be
heard in the House this
week.
In the Thomas page on the bill, I don't see a hearing date, but it does show the latest action 10/18 "Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 243," and here's the 10/18 House Report 110-389 out of the Committee on Natural Resources last week.
And the International Herald Tribune has an AP article (same story also Advertiser breaking news) that the Bush administration issued a statement today opposing the bill. "If passed and eventually presented to President George W. Bush, his senior advisers would recommend a veto, the White House said." The administration has been on record opposing the bill, but while that still isn't a direct statement that it will be vetoed, to my knowledge this is the first time the White House has actually gone so far as to explicitly mention the threat of a veto, and it seems quite likely. Even if the senate could muster the votes to overcome the threat of a filibuster, they could not override a veto.
I think this is also interesting: "The White House argued Native Hawaiians cannot be compared with other indigenous peoples, given the 'substantial historical and cultural differences.'" This is a valid point, because Native Hawaiians are not just indigenous, they are descendants of nationals (citizens) of a internationally recognized country, the sovereignty and territory of which were never relinquished and legally transferred to the United States.
Update 10/23: Advertiser has their own version of the story out now, plus an editorial that you comment on (and the Star-Bulletin also published the AP story).
Update: 10/24: Also covered in the Washington Times, and an editorial in the National Review Online.
Republican Whip Blunt announced late last week that the “Akaka bill,” H.R. 505 Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2007, is scheduled for consideration by the House with several other bills, this coming Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 24 and 25 starting at 10 a.m.
The bill will also apparently be heard by the House Rules Committee on Monday, Oct. 22 at 5 p.m.
In the Thomas page on the bill, I don't see a hearing date, but it does show the latest action 10/18 "Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 243," and here's the 10/18 House Report 110-389 out of the Committee on Natural Resources last week.
And the International Herald Tribune has an AP article (same story also Advertiser breaking news) that the Bush administration issued a statement today opposing the bill. "If passed and eventually presented to President George W. Bush, his senior advisers would recommend a veto, the White House said." The administration has been on record opposing the bill, but while that still isn't a direct statement that it will be vetoed, to my knowledge this is the first time the White House has actually gone so far as to explicitly mention the threat of a veto, and it seems quite likely. Even if the senate could muster the votes to overcome the threat of a filibuster, they could not override a veto.
I think this is also interesting: "The White House argued Native Hawaiians cannot be compared with other indigenous peoples, given the 'substantial historical and cultural differences.'" This is a valid point, because Native Hawaiians are not just indigenous, they are descendants of nationals (citizens) of a internationally recognized country, the sovereignty and territory of which were never relinquished and legally transferred to the United States.
Update 10/23: Advertiser has their own version of the story out now, plus an editorial that you comment on (and the Star-Bulletin also published the AP story).
Update: 10/24: Also covered in the Washington Times, and an editorial in the National Review Online.
Posted: Mon - October 22, 2007 at 01:37 PM
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