Educate your Representative in Congress about Resolution 306
Macedonian-Americans, please educate your Representative in Congress regarding Concurrent Resolution 306
BACKGROUND
On November 17, 2005, Congressman David E. Price of North Carolina and the U.S. Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues co-chaired by Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and Congressman Mike Bilirakis (R-FL) introduced a resolution urginig “The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Greece to honor the 1995 agreement under which both countries agreed to determine a mutually acceptable official name for the FYROM.” H. CON. RES. 306 was referred to the U.S. House Committee on International Relations the same day. The text of the resolution can be read by clicking HERE.
As of July 25, 2006, 12 congressional representatives have co-sponsored this resolution.
FACT SHEET
1. H. Con. Res 306 promotes state sponsored race based and national origin discrimination on its face, as the Resolution blatantly ignores recent Civil and Human Rights Court decisions against Greece pursuant to the 46 member state European Court of Human Rights;
2. H. Con. Res 306 violates the Separation of Powers Doctrine because it encroaches on duties and powers reserved exclusively to the Executive Branch of Government pursuant to Article II Section 3 of the Constitution; and,
3. H. Con. Res 306 ignores and contravenes Executive Branch decisions made by President Bush involving sensitive areas of national security and foreign policy by creating dangerous foreign policy inconsistencies in matters of national security and by harming U.S. international negotiations which endanger U.S. diplomatic ties.
4. Moreover, H. Con. Res 306 expressly contravenes and disregards detailed Civil Rights findings of fact by the Secretary of State’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs relating to national security, origin and race based regional stability issues in the greater Balkan region of Europe.
5. H. Con. Res 306 attempts to do by legislative fiat, that which the Congress can not do directly; specifically, the power to negotiate with foreign sovereigns rests solely with the Executive Branch and Congress can not veto said negotiations, especially when articulating principles of international law in relations with other foreign states, the Executive Branch speaks not only as an interpreter of generally accepted and traditional rules, but also as an advocate of standards it believes desirable for the community of nations and protective of national concerns as a whole. See Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino, 376 U.S. 398, 410 (1964).
The Supreme Court has recognized that, in the areas of national security and foreign policy, Congress leaves the President with wide discretion that otherwise might run afoul of the nondelegation doctrine. United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp., 299 U.S. 304 (1936). As stated in that case, “the President alone has the power to speak or listen as a representative of the Nation. He makes treaties with the advice and consent of the Senate; but he alone negotiates.” Id., at 319 (emphasis in original). House Resolution 306 would clearly interfere with the President’s ability to negotiate international issues and his duty to execute required provisions because it wholly disregards the national security and foreign policy based reasons underlying the November 04, 2004 Department of State decision that the United States recognize the country of Macedonia under Macedonia’s constitutional name, the Republic of Macedonia instead of continuing to use the racially/national origin derogatory terms such as “Skopje People” or “FYROM People” See also Haig v. Agee, 453 U.S. 280, 292 (1981); Dames & Moore v. Regan, 453 U.S. 654, 688 (1981); Rostker v. Goldberg, 453 U.S. 57, 64 -68 (1981); Greer v. Spock, 424 U.S. 828, 837 -838 (1976); Parker v. Levy, 417 U.S. 733, 756 , 758 (1974); Harisiades v. Shaughnessy, 342 U.S. 580, 589 (1952). United StatesId.
Supreme Court cases firmly establish that the Constitution commits to the President alone the power to recognize, and withdraw recognition from, foreign regimes. See Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino, 376 U.S. 398, 410 (1964); Baker v. Carr, supra, 369 U.S., at 212 ; United States v. Pink, 315 U.S. 203 , 228-230, 62 S. Ct. 552 (1942). That mandate being clear, Congress can not usurp this exclusive power of the Executive Branch. See Baker v. Carr, supra, 369 U.S., at 212 ; United States v. Pink, supra, 315 U.S., at 229 .
The United Macedonian Diaspora encourages Macedonian-Americans to educate every member of the U.S. House Committee on International Relations and their own Representative in the U.S. House of Representatives about H. CON. RES. 306.
Below are the phone and fax numbers of all the members of the U.S. House Committee on International Relations, which will be voting on H. CON. RES. 306.
Majority Members (Republicans)
Congressman Henry J. Hyde (R-IL) [Chairman]
Phone: (202) 225-4561 / Fax: (202) 225-1166
Congressman James A. Leach (R-IA)
Phone: (202)225-6576 / Fax: (202) 226-1278
Congressman Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ)
Phone: (202) 225-3765 / Fax: (202) 225-7768
Congressman Dan Burton (R-IN)
Phone: (202) 225-2276 / Fax: (202) 225-0016
Congressman Elton Gallegly (R-CA)
Phone: (202) 225-5811 / Fax: (202) 225-1100
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
Phone: (202) 225-3931 / Fax: (202) 225-5620
Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)
Phone: (202) 225-2415 / Fax: (202)225-0145
Congressman Edward R. Royce (R-CA)
Phone: (202) 225-4111 / Fax: (202) 226-0335
Congressman Peter T. King (R-NY)
Phone: (202) 225-7896 / Fax: (202) 226-2279
Congressman Steve Chabot (R-OH)
Phone: (202) 225-2216 / Fax: (202) 225-3012
Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO)
Phone: (202) 225-7882 / Fax: (202) 226-4623
Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX)
Phone: (202) 225-2831 / Fax: (202) 226-6553
Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA)
Phone: (202) 225-3906 / Fax: (202) 225-3303
Congressman Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
Phone: (202) 225-2635 / Fax: (202) 226-4386
Congresswoman Jo Ann S. Davis (R-VA)
Phone: (202) 225-4261 / Fax: (202) 225-4382
Congressman Mark Green (R-WI)
Phone: (202) 225-5665 / Fax: (202) 225-5729
Congressman Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller (R-IL)
Phone: (202) 225-3635 / Fax: (202) 225-3521
Congressman Mike Pence (R-IN)
Phone: (202) 225-3021 / Fax: (202) 225-3382
Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI)
Phone: (202) 225-8171 / Fax: (202) 225-2667
Congresswoman Katherine Harris (R-FL)
Phone: (202) 225-5015 / Fax: (202) 226-0828
Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC)
Phone: (202) 225-2452 / Fax: (202) 225-2455
Congressman John Boozman (R-AR)
Phone: (202) 225-4301 / Fax: (202) 225-5713
Congressman Gresham Barrett (R-SC)
Phone: (202) 225-5301 / Fax: (202) 225-3216
Congressman Connie Mack (R-FL)
Phone: (202) 225-2536 / Fax: (202) 226-0439
Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Phone: (202) 225-4806 / Fax: (202) 225-5686
Congressman Michael T. McCaul (R-TX)
Phone: (202) 225-2401 / Fax: (202) 225-5955
Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX)
Phone: (202) 225-6565 / Fax: (202) 225-5547
Minority Members (Democrats)
Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA) [Ranking Minority Member]
Phone: (202) 225-3531 / Fax: (202) 226-4183
Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA)
Phone: (202) 225-4695 / Fax: (202) 225-3196
Congressman Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY)
Phone: (202) 225-2601 / Fax: (202) 225-1589
Congressman Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (D-AS)
Phone: (202) 225-8577 / Fax: 202-225-8757
Congressman Donald M. Payne (D-NJ)
Phone: (202) 225-3436 / Fax: (202) 225-4160
Congressman Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Phone: 202-225-7919 / Fax: (202) 226-0792
Congressman Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Phone: (202) 225-3401 / Fax: (202) 225-2266
Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA)
Phone: (202) 225-5911 / Fax: (202) 225-5879
Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL)
Phone: (202) 225-3001 / Fax: (202) 225-5974
Congressman Eliot L. Engel (D-NY)
Phone: (202) 225-2464 / Fax: (202) 225-5513
Congressman William D. Delahunt (D-MA)
Phone: (202) 225-3111 / Fax: (202) 225-5658
Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY)
Phone: (202) 225-3461 / Fax: (202) 226-4169
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Phone: (202) 225-2661 Fax: (202) 225-9817
Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-NY)
Phone: (202) 225-3965 / Fax: (202) 225-1909
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Phone: (202) 225-4811 / Fax: (202) 225-8941
Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (D-NV)
Phone: (202) 225-5965 / Fax: (202) 225-3119
Congresswoman Grace Napolitano (D-CA)
Phone: (202) 225-5256 / Fax: (202) 225-0027
Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA)
Phone: (202) 225-4176 / Fax: (202) 225-5828
Congresswoman Diane E. Watson (D-CA)
Phone: (202) 225-7084 / Fax: (202) 225-2422
Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA)
Phone: (202) 225-8901 / Fax: (202) 225-5893
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN)
Phone: (202) 225-6631 / Fax: (202) 225-1968
Congressman Ben Chandler (D-KY)
Phone: (202) 225-4706 / Fax: (202) 225-2122
Congressman Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)
Phone: (202) 225-6131 / Fax: (202) 225-0819
For more information, please visit www.umdiaspora.org or call (202) 294-3400.