Calling on the President and the Secretary of State to oppose unequivocally any endorsement or further consideration of the "Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict" in multilateral fora

H.RES.867
Introduced: 
October 23, 2009
111
First
November 3, 2009
Passed in House

202 cosponsors.

States that the report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, led by Judge Richard Goldstone, which found of evidence of Israel, Hamas, and other Palestinian armed groups having committed war crimes, is ‘irredeemably biased [against Israel] and unworthy of further consideration or legitimacy.’ Judge Goldstone sent a letter to Rep. Ros-Lehtinen and Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) challenging many of the assertions made in the resolution and highlighting his refusal to lead the mission unless its mandate was broadened to investigate all potential violations of humanitarian law during the conflict. In response Berman and Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) sent a ‘Dear Colleague’ letter to members of the House in which they disputed all of Goldstone’s challenges, but did agree to insert a clause into the resolution recognizing Goldstone’s efforts to alter the report’s original mandate.

See also: related measures S. Res. 6 of 1/6/09, H. Res. 34 and S. Res. 10 both of 1/8/09, H. Res. 37 of 1/9/09, and H. Res. 66 of 1/15/09.

Passed in House 344-36-22.

Sponsor/Cosponsors:

Gary Ackerman(D-)John Adler(D-NJ)Rodney Alexander(R-LA)Jason Altmire(D-PA)Steve Austria(R-OH)Joe Baca(D-CA)Michele Marie Bachmann(R-MN)Roscoe Bartlett(R-MD)Joe Barton(R-TX)Shelly Berkley(D-NV)Howard Berman(D-CA)Judy Biggert(R-IL)Gus Bilirakis(R-FL)Rob Bishop(R-UT)Timothy Bishop(D-)Marsha Blackburn(R-TN)Roy Blunt(R-MO)John Boccieri(D-OH)Jo Bonner(R-AL)John Boozman(R-AR)Dan Boren(D-OK)Kevin Brady(R-TX)Paul Jr. Broun(R-GA)Corrine Brown(D-FL)Henry Brown(R-SC)Ginny Brown-Waite(R-FL)Vernon Buchanan(R-FL)Dan Burton(R-IN)Steve Buyer(R-IN)Ken Calvert(R-CA)John Campbell(R-CA)Eric Cantor(R-VA)Anh "Joseph" Cao(R-LA)Shelly Moore Capito(R-WV)Dennis Cardoza(D-CA)Chris Carney(D-PA)John Carter(R-TX)Bill Cassidy(R-LA)Jason Chaffetz(R-UT)Ben Chandler(D-KY)Judy Chu(D-CA)Mike Coffman(R-CO)Tom Cole(R-OK)Mike Conaway(R-TX)Gerry Connolly(D-VA)Jim Costa(D-CA)Jerry Costello(D-IL)Joseph Crowley(D-)Henry Cuellar(D-TX)John Culberson(R-TX)Artur Davis(D-AL)Charlie Dent(R-PA)Lincoln Diaz-Balart(R-FL)Mario Diaz-Balart(R-FL)Steve Driehaus(D-OH)Brad Ellsworth(D-IN)JoAnn Emerson(R-MO)Eliot Engel(D-)Eni Faleomavaega(D-AS)Jeff Flake(R-AZ)John C. Fleming(R-LA)Bill Foster(D-IL)Virginia Foxx(R-NC)Trent Franks(R-AZ)Rodney Frelinghuysen(R-NJ)Scott Garrett(R-NJ)Jim Gerlach(R-PA)Phil Gingrey(R-GA)Bart Gordon(D-TN)Kay Granger(R-TX)Sam Graves(R -MO)Al Green(D-TX)Gene Green(D-TX)Luis Gutierrez(D-IL)Ralph Hall(R-TX)John Hall(D-)Debbie Halvorson(D-IL)Phillip Hare(D-IL)Jane Harman(D-CA)Gregg Harper(R-MS)Alcee Hastings(D-FL)Doc Hastings(R-WA)Dean Heller(R-NV)Jeb Hensarling(R-TX)Wally Herger(R-CA)Paul Hodes(D-NH)Peter Hoekstra(R-MI)Steny Hoyer(D-MD)Bob Inglis(R-SC)Steve Israel(D-)Lynn Jenkins(R-KS)Timothy Johnson(R-IL)James Jordan(R-OH)Steve Kagen(D-WI)Mary Jo Kilroy(D-OH)Pete King(R-)Steven King(R-IA)Jack Kingston(R-GA)Mark Kirk(R-IL)Ann Kirkpatrick(D-AZ)Ron Klein(D-FL)John Kline(R-MN)Suzanne Kosmas(D-FL)Douglas Lamborn(R-CO)Leonard Lance(R-NJ)Tom Latham(R-IA)Steven Latourette(R-OH)Robert Latta(R-OH)Sander Levin(D-MI)John Linder(R-GA)Frank Lobiondo(R-NJ)Nita Lowey(D-)Blaine Luetkemeyer(R-MO)Cynthia Lummis(R-WY)Dan Lungren(R-CA)Connie Mack(R-FL)Carolyn Maloney(D-)Don Manzullo(R-IL)Kenny Ewell Marchant(R-TX)Edward Markey(D-MA)Eric Massa(D-NY)Carolyn McCarthy(D-)Kevin McCarthy(R-CA)Michael McCaul(R-TX)Tom McClintock(R-CA)Thaddeus McCotter(R-MI)Patrick McHenry(R-NC)Howard McKeon(R-CA)Michael McMahon(D-NY)Cathy McMorris Rodgers(R-WA)Kendrick Meek(D-FL)Charles Melancon(D-LA)Candice Miller(R-MI)Walt Minnick(D-ID)Harry Mitchell(D-AZ)Jerry Moran(R-KS)Patrick Murphy(D-PA)Tim Murphy(R-PA)Sue Myrick(R-NC)Jerrold Nadler(D-NY)Richard Neal(D-MA)Pete Olson(R-TX)Erik Paulsen(R-MN)Mike Pence(R-IN)Gary Peters(D-MI)Pedro Pierluisi(D-PR)Joe Pitts(R-PA)Todd Platts(R-PA)Tom Price(R-GA)Adam Putnam(R-FL)Mike Quigley(D-IL)Denny Rehberg(R-MT)Dave Reichert(R-WA)David "Phil" Roe(R-TN)Mike J. Rogers(R-MI)Peter Roskam(R-IL)Mike Ross(D-AR)Steve Rothman(D-NJ)Ed Royce(R-CA)Dutch Ruppersberger(D-MD)Paul Ryan(R-WI)John Salazar(D-CO)Loretta Sanchez(D-CA)Linda Sanchez(D-CA)Stephen Joseph Scalise(R-LA)Jan Schakowsky(D-IL)Mark Schauer(D-MI)Adam Schiff(D-CA)Jean Schmidt(R-OH)Aaron Schock(R-IL)Allyson Schwartz(D-PA)James Jr Sensenbrenner(R-WI)Pete Sessions(R-TX)John Shadegg(R-AZ)Brad Sherman(D-CA)John Shimkus(R-IL)Heath Shuler(D-NC)Bill Shuster(R-PA)Albio Sires(D-NJ)Adrian Smith(R-NE)Chris Smith(R-NJ)Lamar Smith(R-TX)Mark Souder(R-IN)Zachary Space(D-OH)Bart Stupak(D-MI)John Sullivan(R-OK)Glenn Thompson(R-PA)Todd Tiahrt(R-KS)Patrick Tiberi(R-OH)Dina Titus(D-NV)Edolphus Towns(D-)Greg Walden(R -OR)Zach Wamp(R-TN)Debbie Wasserman-Shultz(D-FL)Henry Waxman(D-CA)Anthony Weiner(D-)Robert Wexler(D-FL)Joe Wilson(R-SC)Frank Wolf(R-VA)Don Young(R-AK)

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