Congratulating the people of the 17 African nations that in 2010 are marking the 50th year of their national…

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Congratulating the people of the 17 African nations that in 2010 are marking the 50th year of their national independence.

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House Introduced May 27, 2010
House Passed Jul 1, 2010 410–0

Congratulates the people of the 17 African nations that in 2010 are marking the 50th year of their national independence.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House amended · Jul 1, 2010

Congratulates the people of the 17 African nations that in 2010 are marking the 50th year of their national independence.

Honors the lives of the thousands of patriots, including innocent civilians, who died, were imprisoned, or otherwise dedicated their lives to achieving African independence.

Commends the socioeconomic and political progress being made by these nations while acknowledging the associated challenges that many still face.

Recognizes Africa's strategic, political, economic, and humanitarian importance to the United States.

Renews the commitment of the United States to help the people of sub-Saharan Africa to foster democratic rule and promote market-based economic growth and to alleviate the burden of poverty and disease that many in the region continue to face.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Not Voting
Jo Bonner	R	AL-1	Aye
Bobby Bright	D	AL-2	Aye
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Aye
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Aye
Parker Griffith	R	AL-5	Aye
Spencer Bachus	R	AL-6	Aye
Artur Davis	D	AL-7	Aye
Marion Berry	D	AR-1	Aye
Vic Snyder	D	AR-2	Aye
John Boozman	R	AR-3	Aye
Mike Ross	D	AR-4	Aye
Ann Kirkpatrick	D	AZ-1	Aye
Trent Franks	R	AZ-2	Aye
John Shadegg	R	AZ-3	Aye
Ed Pastor	D	AZ-4	Aye
Harry Mitchell	D	AZ-5	Not Voting
Jeff Flake	R	AZ-6	Aye
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-7	Aye
Gabrielle Giffords	D	AZ-8	Aye
Mike Thompson	D	CA-1	Aye
John Garamendi	D	CA-10	Aye
Jerry McNerney	D	CA-11	Aye
Jackie Speier	D	CA-12	Aye
Pete Stark	D	CA-13	Aye
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-14	Aye
Mike Honda	D	CA-15	Aye
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-16	Aye
Sam Farr	D	CA-17	Aye
Dennis Cardoza	D	CA-18	Aye
George Radanovich	R	CA-19	Aye
Wally Herger	R	CA-2	Aye
Jim Costa	D	CA-20	Aye
Devin Nunes	R	CA-21	Aye
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA-22	Aye
Lois Capps	D	CA-23	Not Voting
Elton Gallegly	R	CA-24	Aye
Buck McKeon	R	CA-25	Aye
David Dreier	R	CA-26	Aye
Brad Sherman	D	CA-27	Aye
Howard Berman	D	CA-28	Aye
Adam Schiff	D	CA-29	Aye
Daniel Lungren	R	CA-3	Aye
Henry Waxman	D	CA-30	Aye
Xavier Becerra	D	CA-31	Aye
Judy Chu	D	CA-32	Aye
Diane Watson	D	CA-33	Aye
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-34	Aye
Maxine Waters	D	CA-35	Aye
Jane Harman	D	CA-36	Aye
Laura Richardson	D	CA-37	Aye
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-38	Aye
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-39	Aye
Tom McClintock	R	CA-4	Aye
Ed Royce	R	CA-40	Aye
Jerry Lewis	R	CA-41	Aye
Gary Miller	R	CA-42	Aye
Joe Baca	D	CA-43	Aye
Ken Calvert	R	CA-44	Aye
Mary Bono Mack	R	CA-45	Aye
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-46	Aye
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA-47	Aye
John Campbell	R	CA-48	Aye
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Aye
Doris Matsui	D	CA-5	Aye
Brian Bilbray	R	CA-50	Aye
Bob Filner	D	CA-51	Aye
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-52	Aye
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Aye
Lynn Woolsey	D	CA-6	Not Voting
George Miller	D	CA-7	Aye
Barbara Lee	D	CA-9	Aye
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Aye
Jared Polis	D	CO-2	Not Voting
John Salazar	D	CO-3	Aye
Betsy Markey	D	CO-4	Aye
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	Aye
Mike Coffman	R	CO-6	Aye
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO-7	Aye
John Larson	D	CT-1	Aye
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	Aye
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Aye
Jim Himes	D	CT-4	Aye
Christopher Murphy	D	CT-5	Aye
Michael Castle	R	DE-AL	Aye
Jeff Miller	R	FL-1	Aye
C. Young	R	FL-10	Aye
Kathy Castor	D	FL-11	Aye
Adam Putnam	R	FL-12	Aye
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-13	Aye
Connie Mack	R	FL-14	Aye
Bill Posey	R	FL-15	Aye
Thomas Rooney	R	FL-16	Aye
Kendrick Meek	D	FL-17	Aye
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-18	Aye
Ted Deutch	D	FL-19	Aye
Allen Boyd	D	FL-2	Aye
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-20	Aye
Lincoln Diaz-Balart	R	FL-21	Aye
Ron Klein	D	FL-22	Aye
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-23	Aye
Suzanne Kosmas	D	FL-24	Aye
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Aye
Corrine Brown	D	FL-3	Aye
Ander Crenshaw	R	FL-4	Aye
Ginny Brown-Waite	R	FL-5	Aye
Cliff Stearns	R	FL-6	Aye
John Mica	R	FL-7	Aye
Alan Grayson	D	FL-8	Aye
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-9	Aye
Jack Kingston	R	GA-1	Aye
Paul Broun	R	GA-10	Aye
Phil Gingrey	R	GA-11	Aye
John Barrow	D	GA-12	Aye
David Scott	D	GA-13	Aye
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Aye
Lynn Westmoreland	R	GA-3	Aye
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	Aye
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Aye
Tom Price	R	GA-6	Aye
John Linder	R	GA-7	Aye
Jim Marshall	D	GA-8	Aye
Tom Graves	R	GA-9	Aye
Charles Djou	R	HI-1	Aye
Mazie Hirono	D	HI-2	Aye
Bruce Braley	D	IA-1	Aye
David Loebsack	D	IA-2	Aye
Leonard Boswell	D	IA-3	Aye
Tom Latham	R	IA-4	Aye
Steve King	R	IA-5	Aye
Walter Minnick	D	ID-1	Aye
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Aye
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Aye
Mark Kirk	R	IL-10	Aye
Deborah Halvorson	D	IL-11	Aye
Jerry Costello	D	IL-12	Aye
Judy Biggert	R	IL-13	Aye
Bill Foster	D	IL-14	Not Voting
Timothy Johnson	R	IL-15	Aye
Donald Manzullo	R	IL-16	Aye
Phil Hare	D	IL-17	Aye
Aaron Schock	R	IL-18	Aye
John Shimkus	R	IL-19	Not Voting
Jesse Jackson	D	IL-2	Aye
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Aye
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	Not Voting
Mike Quigley	D	IL-5	Aye
Peter Roskam	R	IL-6	Aye
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Aye
Melissa Bean	D	IL-8	Aye
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Aye
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Aye
Joe Donnelly	D	IN-2	Aye
Steve Buyer	R	IN-4	Aye
Dan Burton	R	IN-5	Aye
Mike Pence	R	IN-6	Aye
André Carson	D	IN-7	Aye
Brad Ellsworth	D	IN-8	Aye
Baron Hill	D	IN-9	Aye
Jerry Moran	R	KS-1	Aye
Lynn Jenkins	R	KS-2	Aye
Dennis Moore	D	KS-3	Aye
Todd Tiahrt	R	KS-4	Aye
Ed Whitfield	R	KY-1	Aye
Brett Guthrie	R	KY-2	Aye
John Yarmuth	D	KY-3	Aye
Geoff Davis	R	KY-4	Aye
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Aye
Ben Chandler	D	KY-6	Aye
Steve Scalise	R	LA-1	Aye
Joseph Cao	R	LA-2	Aye
Charles Melancon	D	LA-3	Aye
John Fleming	R	LA-4	Aye
Rodney Alexander	R	LA-5	Aye
Bill Cassidy	R	LA-6	Aye
Charles Boustany	R	LA-7	Aye
John Olver	D	MA-1	Aye
Bill Delahunt	D	MA-10	Aye
Richard Neal	D	MA-2	Aye
Jim McGovern	D	MA-3	Aye
Barney Frank	D	MA-4	Aye
Niki Tsongas	D	MA-5	Aye
John Tierney	D	MA-6	Aye
Ed Markey	D	MA-7	Aye
Michael Capuano	D	MA-8	Aye
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-9	Not Voting
Frank Kratovil	D	MD-1	Aye
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Aye
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	Aye
Donna Edwards	D	MD-4	Not Voting
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Aye
Roscoe Bartlett	R	MD-6	Aye
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Aye
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD-8	Aye
Chellie Pingree	D	ME-1	Aye
Michael Michaud	D	ME-2	Aye
Bart Stupak	D	MI-1	Aye
Candice Miller	R	MI-10	Aye
Thad McCotter	R	MI-11	Aye
Sander Levin	D	MI-12	Aye
Carolyn Kilpatrick	D	MI-13	Aye
John Conyers	D	MI-14	Aye
John Dingell	D	MI-15	Aye
Pete Hoekstra	R	MI-2	Not Voting
Vernon Ehlers	R	MI-3	Aye
Dave Camp	R	MI-4	Aye
Dale Kildee	D	MI-5	Aye
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Aye
Mark Schauer	D	MI-7	Aye
Mike Rogers	R	MI-8	Aye
Gary Peters	D	MI-9	Aye
Timothy Walz	D	MN-1	Aye
John Kline	R	MN-2	Aye
Erik Paulsen	R	MN-3	Aye
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Not Voting
Keith Ellison	D	MN-5	Not Voting
Michele Bachmann	R	MN-6	Aye
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Aye
James Oberstar	D	MN-8	Aye
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Aye
W. Akin	R	MO-2	Aye
Russ Carnahan	D	MO-3	Aye
Ike Skelton	D	MO-4	Aye
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Aye
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Aye
Roy Blunt	R	MO-7	Aye
Jo Ann Emerson	R	MO-8	Aye
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO-9	Aye
Travis Childers	D	MS-1	Aye
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Aye
Gregg Harper	R	MS-3	Aye
Gene Taylor	D	MS-4	Aye
Denny Rehberg	R	MT-AL	Aye
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Aye
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Aye
Heath Shuler	D	NC-11	Aye
Mel Watt	D	NC-12	Aye
Brad Miller	D	NC-13	Aye
Bob Etheridge	D	NC-2	Aye
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Aye
David Price	D	NC-4	Aye
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Aye
Howard Coble	R	NC-6	Aye
Mike McIntyre	D	NC-7	Aye
Larry Kissell	D	NC-8	Aye
Sue Myrick	R	NC-9	Aye
Earl Pomeroy	D	ND-AL	Aye
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Aye
Lee Terry	R	NE-2	Aye
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Aye
Carol Shea-Porter	D	NH-1	Aye
Paul Hodes	D	NH-2	Not Voting
Rob Andrews	D	NJ-1	Aye
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Not Voting
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Aye
Rush Holt	D	NJ-12	Aye
Albio Sires	D	NJ-13	Aye
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	Aye
John Adler	D	NJ-3	Aye
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Aye
Scott Garrett	R	NJ-5	Aye
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Aye
Leonard Lance	R	NJ-7	Aye
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-8	Aye
Steven Rothman	D	NJ-9	Aye
Martin Heinrich	D	NM-1	Aye
Harry Teague	D	NM-2	Aye
Ben Luján	D	NM-3	Aye
Shelley Berkley	D	NV-1	Aye
Dean Heller	R	NV-2	Aye
Dina Titus	D	NV-3	Aye
Timothy Bishop	D	NY-1	Aye
Ed Towns	D	NY-10	Aye
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-11	Aye
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-12	Aye
Michael McMahon	D	NY-13	Aye
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-14	Aye
Charlie Rangel	D	NY-15	Aye
José Serrano	D	NY-16	Aye
Eliot Engel	D	NY-17	Aye
Nita Lowey	D	NY-18	Aye
John Hall	D	NY-19	Aye
Steve Israel	D	NY-2	Aye
Scott Murphy	D	NY-20	Aye
Paul Tonko	D	NY-21	Aye
Maurice Hinchey	D	NY-22	Aye
William Owens	D	NY-23	Aye
Michael Arcuri	D	NY-24	Aye
Daniel Maffei	D	NY-25	Aye
Christopher Lee	R	NY-26	Aye
Brian Higgins	D	NY-27	Aye
Louise Slaughter	D	NY-28	Aye
Pete King	R	NY-3	Aye
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY-4	Aye
Gary Ackerman	D	NY-5	Aye
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-6	Aye
Joe Crowley	D	NY-7	Not Voting
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-8	Aye
Anthony Weiner	D	NY-9	Aye
Steve Driehaus	D	OH-1	Aye
Dennis Kucinich	D	OH-10	Aye
Marcia Fudge	D	OH-11	Aye
Pat Tiberi	R	OH-12	Aye
Betty Sutton	D	OH-13	Aye
Steven LaTourette	R	OH-14	Aye
Mary Jo Kilroy	D	OH-15	Aye
John Boccieri	D	OH-16	Aye
Tim Ryan	D	OH-17	Aye
Zack Space	D	OH-18	Aye
Jean Schmidt	R	OH-2	Aye
Michael Turner	R	OH-3	Aye
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Aye
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Aye
Charles Wilson	D	OH-6	Aye
Steve Austria	R	OH-7	Aye
John Boehner	R	OH-8	Aye
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Aye
John Sullivan	R	OK-1	Aye
Dan Boren	D	OK-2	Aye
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Aye
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Aye
Mary Fallin	R	OK-5	Aye
David Wu	D	OR-1	Aye
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Aye
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Aye
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Aye
Kurt Schrader	D	OR-5	Aye
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	Aye
Christopher Carney	D	PA-10	Aye
Paul Kanjorski	D	PA-11	Aye
Mark Critz	D	PA-12	Aye
Allyson Schwartz	D	PA-13	Aye
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	Aye
Charles Dent	R	PA-15	Aye
Joseph Pitts	R	PA-16	Aye
Tim Holden	D	PA-17	Aye
Tim Murphy	R	PA-18	Aye
Todd Platts	R	PA-19	Aye
Chaka Fattah	D	PA-2	Aye
Kathleen Dahlkemper	D	PA-3	Aye
Jason Altmire	D	PA-4	Aye
Glenn Thompson	R	PA-5	Aye
Jim Gerlach	R	PA-6	Aye
Joe Sestak	D	PA-7	Aye
Patrick Murphy	D	PA-8	Aye
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Aye
Patrick Kennedy	D	RI-1	Aye
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Aye
Henry Brown	R	SC-1	Aye
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Aye
J. Gresham Barrett	R	SC-3	Aye
Bob Inglis	R	SC-4	Aye
John Spratt	D	SC-5	Aye
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Aye
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	D	SD-AL	Aye
Phil Roe	R	TN-1	Aye
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	Aye
Zach Wamp	R	TN-3	Not Voting
Lincoln Davis	D	TN-4	Aye
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Aye
Bart Gordon	D	TN-6	Aye
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Aye
John Tanner	D	TN-8	Aye
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	Aye
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Aye
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Aye
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	Aye
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Aye
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Aye
Ron Paul	R	TX-14	Aye
Rubén Hinojosa	D	TX-15	Aye
Silvestre Reyes	D	TX-16	Aye
Chet Edwards	D	TX-17	Aye
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Aye
Randy Neugebauer	R	TX-19	Aye
Ted Poe	R	TX-2	Aye
Charlie Gonzalez	D	TX-20	Aye
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21	Aye
Pete Olson	R	TX-22	Aye
Ciro Rodriguez	D	TX-23	Not Voting
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Aye
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-25	Aye
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Aye
Solomon Ortiz	D	TX-27	Aye
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Aye
Gene Green	D	TX-29	Aye
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Aye
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Aye
John Carter	R	TX-31	Aye
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Aye
Ralph Hall	R	TX-4	Aye
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX-5	Aye
Joe Barton	R	TX-6	Aye
John Culberson	R	TX-7	Aye
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Aye
Al Green	D	TX-9	Aye
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Aye
Jim Matheson	D	UT-2	Aye
Jason Chaffetz	R	UT-3	Aye
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	Aye
Frank Wolf	R	VA-10	Aye
Gerald Connolly	D	VA-11	Aye
Glenn Nye	D	VA-2	Aye
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Aye
J. Forbes	R	VA-4	Aye
Thomas Perriello	D	VA-5	Aye
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Aye
Eric Cantor	R	VA-7	Aye
Jim Moran	D	VA-8	Not Voting
Rick Boucher	D	VA-9	Aye
Peter Welch	D	VT-AL	Not Voting
Jay Inslee	D	WA-1	Aye
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Aye
Brian Baird	D	WA-3	Not Voting
Doc Hastings	R	WA-4	Aye
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Aye
Norm Dicks	D	WA-6	Not Voting
Jim McDermott	D	WA-7	Aye
David Reichert	R	WA-8	Aye
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Aye
Paul Ryan	R	WI-1	Aye
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI-2	Aye
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Aye
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Aye
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Aye
Tom Petri	R	WI-6	Aye
Dave Obey	D	WI-7	Aye
Steve Kagen	D	WI-8	Aye
Alan Mollohan	D	WV-1	Aye
Shelley Capito	R	WV-2	Aye
Nick Rahall	D	WV-3	Aye
Cynthia Lummis	R	WY-AL	Aye

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