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110th Congress > House > Vote 140

Date: March 13, 2007

Result: 419-1 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 141

Vote Subject Matter: Foreign and Defense Policy / Foreign Policy Resolutions

Sponsor: MCCARTHY, Carolyn (D-NY)

Bill number: HRES222

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree

Description: Expressing support for the Good Friday Agreement as a blueprint for a lasting peace in Northern Ireland

Bill summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Reiterates support for the April 1998 Good Friday Agreement as a blueprint for a lasting peace in Northern Ireland. Declares support for the October 2006 St. Andrews Agreement. Commends: (1) British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern for their leadership in seeking a peaceful resolution in Northern Ireland; and (2) all parties for abiding by the St. Andrews Agreement. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that all political parties in Northern Ireland should: (1) agree to share power according to the democratic mandate of the Good Friday Agreement; and (2) commit to work with all the institutions of the Good Friday Agreement which established the Northern Ireland Assembly and an inclusive Executive, the North-South Ministerial Council, and the British-Irish Inter-Governmental Conference.

Bill titles: Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the Good Friday Agreement, signed on April 10, 1998, as a blueprint for a lasting peace in Northern Ireland, and for other purposes.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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