A FREE HAWAI`I WINS AGAIN !
AKAKA BILL LOOKS DEADER THAN A DOORNAIL
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Thursday, July 21, 2005 -By Richard Borreca
WASHINGTON - The Akaka Bill will not get its expected vote in the Senate this week, and its prospects are uncertain as Republican opposition to the native Hawaiian recognition measure
continued to grow....
The Senate adjourns for its August recess on July 29 and will not return until after Labor Day.
Senator Inouye said he is worried the Senate is likely to be spending its time debating John Roberts' Supreme Court nomination, military spending and appropriations bills, and other controversial issues when it resumes in September.
"I can see myself being pushed into the background," Inouye said.
Ikaika Hussey, a spokesman for the Hawaiian sovereignty coalition Hui Pu, which also opposes the measure, said he also hopes that a delay would result in more study of the bill.
Hui Pu members believe the Akaka Bill does not reflect the views of many native Hawaiians.
"The most important thing is that we use the time that the delay is creating to really push the Senate to hold hearings in Hawaii on the bill," Hussey said.
"It's a minimum requirement as a democracy."
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