The Senate resolution was sponsored by Obama's 2008 rival, Senator John McCain of Arizona.
The resolution was sponsored by Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Spain and Brazil.
The Resolution was sponsored by Albania, Algeria, Cambodia, the Congo (Brazzaville), Cuba Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Pakistan, Rumania, Somalia, and Syria.
The resolution was sponsored by the board's longest-serving member, William F. Kuntz II, and adopted by an 8 to 3 vote.. "Lying matters," Mr. Kuntz said at the board's meeting.
The group, the American Bar Association, adopted the measure Tuesday in San Francisco at its annual meeting The resolution was sponsored by the New York State Bar Association, and only one speaker voiced opposition during debate on it, said Stephen P. Younger, president of the New York group.
The House resolution was sponsored by House Speaker John Boehner.
The draft resolution is sponsored by five countries – the US, UK, Mauritius, Montenegro and Macedonia.
The resolution, which was sponsored by the United States, is not binding, and is the second in two years.
The resolution, which was sponsored by Ms. Katz and Mr. Avella, proposed a 15-year term for franchise agreements and also specified that other services like Web telephones and public Internet terminals may be provided.
And how could she have voted for an Iran resolution that was sponsored by Joseph Lieberman, who was basically drummed out of his party in Connecticut because of his hyperhawk stance on Iraq?
The resolution, which was sponsored by France, the former colonial power in Mali, does not specify a time frame for the first deployment of foreign troops, to be supplied by a group of West African nations that are eager to see calm restored in Mali.
