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<div><br></div><div>Please read the following House Resolution and encourage Michaud and Pingree to sponsor.</div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">*Call the Capitol switchboard, 202.224.3121 and ask to speak to your representative's foreign policy aide.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px">Or email Mike Michaud at <a href="http://www.michaud.house.gov">www.michaud.house.gov</a>/ or Chellie Pingree at <a href="http://www.pingree.house.gov">www.pingree.house.gov</a>/</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><br></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><br></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">The Message:</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"I urge Representative Michaud/Pingree to join in co-sponsoring the resolution introduced by Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-MA) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) calling for Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to be returned to office. It is important to your constituents in Maine that the U.S. Congress be loud and clear in condemning this military coup and supporting democracy in Honduras-- and the Latin American region."</font></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333"><b>Condemning the June 28, 2009, coup d'etat in Honduras, calling for the reinstatement of President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales, and for other purposes. (Introduced in House)</b></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">HRES 630 IH</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; min-height: 17.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">111th CONGRESS</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; min-height: 17.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">1st Session</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; min-height: 17.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333"><b>H. RES. 630</b></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">Condemning the June 28, 2009, coup d'etat in </font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; background-color: #fffc36">Honduras</font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333"> , calling for the reinstatement of President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales, and for other purposes.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; min-height: 17.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333"><b>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</b></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; min-height: 17.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Verdana" size="5" color="#333333" style="font: 17.0px Verdana; color: #333333"><b>July 10, 2009</b></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">Mr. DELAHUNT (for himself, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. FARR, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. FILNER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Ms. BALDWIN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; min-height: 17.0px"><br></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; min-height: 17.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333"><b>RESOLUTION</b></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">Condemning the June 28, 2009, coup d'etat in </font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; background-color: #fffc36">Honduras</font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333"> , calling for the reinstatement of President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales, and for other purposes.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">Whereas Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales was elected President of </font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; background-color: #fffc36">Honduras</font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333"> in November 2005 in elections that were deemed free and fair by international observers;</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">Whereas President Zelaya and other political actors in </font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; background-color: #fffc36">Honduras</font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333"> became embroiled in a political dispute over whether to hold a non-binding referendum asking Honduran voters whether they wanted a constituent assembly to be established to amend the Constitution;</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">Whereas, on June 28, 2009, the day that the non-binding referendum was to take place, Honduran military forces stormed President Zelaya's residence, apprehended him, sent him out of the country, and seized the materials for the referendum;</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">Whereas the Honduran Congress named Roberto Micheletti, the head of the Congress, as President and subsequently suspended a number of constitutional rights, including the freedom of association and of movement;</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">Whereas the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has expressed its concerns regarding human rights abuses by the de facto Micheletti government, including the arbitrary detention of Zelaya supporters;</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">Whereas the Organization of American States (OAS), the United Nations, and the European Union, representing governments from across the political spectrum, have condemned the coup d'etat, refused to recognize the de facto Micheletti government, and demanded the unconditional return of President Zelaya to office;</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">Whereas, on July 1, 2009, the OAS voted unanimously to suspend </font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; background-color: #fffc36">Honduras</font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333"> from participation in the OAS unless President Zelaya was returned to office within three days;</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">Whereas, on July 4, 2009, the OAS unanimously voted to suspend </font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; background-color: #fffc36">Honduras</font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333"> ;</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">Whereas the Obama Administration has condemned President Zelaya's removal, supported the OAS resolutions regarding </font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; background-color: #fffc36">Honduras</font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333"> , and demanded that he be returned to office;</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">Whereas the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank have suspended aid and loans to </font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; background-color: #fffc36">Honduras</font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333"> ;</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">Whereas national elections are scheduled in </font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; background-color: #fffc36">Honduras</font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333"> for November 29, 2009;</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">Whereas President Zelaya has said that he will only serve until his term ends in January 2010;</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">Whereas it is critical for the stability of </font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; background-color: #fffc36">Honduras</font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333"> that the November 2009 elections be free, fair, and transparent; and</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">Whereas U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced on July 7, 2009, that Costa Rican President Oscar Arias would seek to negotiate a solution to the crisis, and President Zelaya and the de facto Micheletti government have agreed to the mediation of President Arias: Now, therefore, be it</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; min-height: 17.0px"><br></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333"><i>Resolved,</i> That the House of Representatives--</font></li> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; min-height: 17.0px"><br></p> <ul> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">(1) condemns the June 28, 2009, coup d'etat in </font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; background-color: #fffc36">Honduras</font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333"> and refuses to recognize the de facto Micheletti government installed by that coup d'etat;</font></li> </ul> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; min-height: 17.0px"><br></p> <ul> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">(2) calls on the Obama Administration to continue to refuse to recognize the de facto Micheletti government;</font></li> </ul> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; min-height: 17.0px"><br></p> <ul> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">(3) calls for the reinstatement of President Zelaya as President of </font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; background-color: #fffc36">Honduras</font><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333"> ;</font></li> </ul> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; min-height: 17.0px"><br></p> <ul> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">(4) urges the Obama Administration to suspend nonhumanitarian assistance to the de facto Micheletti government as required by United States law as it deems necessary to compel the return of President Zelaya to office;</font></li> </ul> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; min-height: 17.0px"><br></p> <ul> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">(5) calls for extensive international observation of the November 2009 elections once President Zelaya is returned to office to ensure that his successor is elected freely, fairly, and transparently; and</font></li> </ul> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333; min-height: 17.0px"><br></p> <ul> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#333333" style="font: 14.0px Verdana; color: #333333">(6) welcomes the mediation of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias and encourages the Obama Administration to provide any assistance President Arias requests in his efforts.</font></li> </ul> </ul></div></body></html>