LET'S HOPE HE'S RIGHT!
Akaka Bill Could Fail, Senator Warns -
Honolulu Advertiser -Wednesday, January 25, 2006
By Derrick DePledge and Gordon Y.K. Pang
U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka said yesterday he would continue to ask for a Senate vote on a Native Hawaiian federal recognition bill this year, but if there is no vote soon and he is not re-elected, he believes the bill's chances of passage could be in doubt....
"I would think that the bill would not go," Akaka said in response to a question during an interview with The Advertiser's editorial board and reporters.... "
"Also commitments from Hawaiian organizations, as well. As you know, not all of them support the bill,...
Dexter Ka'iama, a member of Hui Pu, an umbrella group for organizations that oppose the Akaka bill, said a Case victory might hurt the bill's chances.
Akaka "is the one who actually proposed the bill and is the originator of the bill, even though from my perspective, Dan Inouye had quite a bit to do with this bill," he said....
Jon Osorio, director of the Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa, also has opposed the Akaka bill but does not believe the Senate campaign will have much of an influence....
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