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Timestamp: 2019-04-24 10:16:14+00:00

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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.
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.
For more information, please visit www.umdiaspora.org or call (202) 294-3400.

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