AKAKA BILL STALLED FOR ANOTHER YEAR
The Honolulu Advertiser - July 30, 2007
WASHINGTON - As Congress heads toward a monthlong recess starting late this week, a bill dealing with Native Hawaiian self-government remains stalled on the road to floor action in the Senate and House with little chance for a vote before the fall.
The bill, which would create a process for a Native Hawaiian governing entity to be formed and gain federal recognition, cleared both House and Senate committees in the spring but has not moved since then.
Yet even if the bill clears the House and Senate - where it has been stalled for seven years - it faces an even taller hurdle in dealing with a possible White House veto.
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