Talk:Eni Faleomavaega

Delegation box?

I placed the American Samoa Federal Delegation to the Congress box on this page. But is it nescessary? It only links back to this same page. Anyway...

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Colbert Report

Should anything be mentioned about this guy's appearance on the Colbert Report? It was pretty entertaining. *shrug*. Banyan 06:02, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Who was A.U. Fuimaono?

The article says "Faleomavaega served as the administrative assistant to American Samoa Delegate A.U. Fuimaono from 1973 to 1975", but if the first House delegate from AS was Faleomavaega's predecessor, Fofó Sunia, who was first elected in 1981, then how can there have been a delegate in the 1970s? —KCinDC (talk) 04:20, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Really a Member of the House of Representatives?

Hi all. I was wondering if Mr. Faleomavaega is a member of Congress. I ask this because his bio says he was born in American Samoa. According to the American Samoa page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Samoa, if you are born there, you are an American National, not an American citizen.

According to the Wikipedia site about the Constitution, you have to be an American Citizen to be a Member of the House of Representatives. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution#Article_One:_Legislative_power

"The article establishes the manner of election and the qualifications of members of each body. Representatives must be at least 25 years old, have been a citizen of the United States for 7 years, and live in the state they represent. Senators must be at least 30 years old, have been a citizen for 9 years, and live in the state they represent."

Thoughts? I know he cannot vote...but I am not really sure he is a member....

Nicole —Preceding unsigned comment added by Harkinna (talk • contribs) 02:10, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

He is a territorial delegate, just as the delegates from Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia. Puerto Rico also has a delegate in Congress, but that person is named Resident Commissioner. The Constitution sets the standards for all elected representatives, but congress sets the standards for non-voting delegates. As the judge of its own rules, per the Constitution, courts have generally agreed that the House of Representatives can authorize territories to send non-voting delegates to Congress. These delegate positions were established by federal law and generally follow the same requirements as the Constitution. In the case of American Samoa, that person must be 25, must owe allegiance to the United States, and be a resident of American Samoa.48 U.S.C. § 1733

Past territories, such as Arizona Territory and Dakota Territory also sent non-voting delegates to Congress. The Philippines, when it was a U.S. commonwealth also sent a Resident Commissioner to Congress. Even though they are not voting representatives elected from the 50 states, delegates and resident commissioners have all of the same rights and priviledges as regular representatives, and are referred to as Representative in common parlance. They also are allowed to sit on congressional committees, to sponsor and cosponsor legislation, and to vote in the Committee of the Whole.DCmacnut<> 04:45, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

No washpo

there is no washpo topic on him for conglinks. James Michael DuPont (talk) 02:21, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

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