The US Congress went home to campaign for re-election, leaving a slew of unfinished business until after the November 2 election at the earliest.
In addition to legislation on energy, immigration, gays in the military and extending the Bush tax cuts, no action was taken on the Akaka bill despite the desire of Hawaii's congressional delegation.
With the House expected to fall to Republicans and the Senate's Democratic majority likely to shrink, the last, best chance for federal recognition of Native Hawaiians may lie in a lame-duck session before the 112th Congress is sworn in come January.
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The Constitution of the United States does not grants Congress the power to recognize Native Hawaiians in the same recognition for Native Americans and Alaskan Natives. Native Hawaiians are not the Native Indigenous people of the United States or the American continent.
Long Live The Hawaiian Kingdom, o Pomaikaiokalani, Hawaiian Kingdom National Royalist 1993