The House has passed H. Con. Res. 21.
Here's the synopsis of the bill:
Calling on the United Nations Security Council to charge Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the United Nations Charter because of his calls for the destruction of the State of Israel.
It was sponsored by Rep. Steven Rothman [D NJ] and had these co-sponsors:
Mr. ROTHMAN (for himself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. ENGEL, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. PATRICK MURPHY, of Pennsylvania, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. SAXTON, and Mr. LEWIS of Georgia) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Note there are at least two Democrats attached to this bill.
Why is this important? It brings President Ahmadinejad and Iran up for charges of genocide for calling to wipe Israel off the map.
Of course, he never did any such thing. What, you say? That's how it's be reported by the MSM, etc.
However, it appears to be wrong. Here's how Justin Raimondo of antiwar.com describes part of it:
To begin with, the resolution is motivated by a mistranslation of a speech given by Senor Ahmadinejad, in which he cited the Ayatollah Khomeini and seemed to call for Israel to be "wiped off the map." Yet, as this piece by Jonathan Steele, and this comment by Farsi-speaker and Middle East expert Prof. Juan Cole make very clear, that is not what the Iranian President said, or intended to say. Ahmadinejad didn't say Israel must be "wiped off the map," he said the current regime in Tel Aviv will be "wiped off the page of time." It was a call for "regime change" not genocide – but, never mind.
The bill passed 411 to 2. You may wish to note that the two were Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich.
You may agree with what happened. I don't. I see this as the Congress prepping the country for another run up to another war, this time with Iran. We've all heard about the possibility. With this vote, I think we see that there's not going to be much dissent if or when we do it.
Updated: Mistranslation now spelled correctly. Here's a link to a YouTube video announcement of the passage. I won't actually post the vid because it's Brit Hume (Blech): Fox blurb on the vote.