小泉首相の訪朝と課題について☆☆☆☆☆

米国のunincorporated territory（未併合領土？）と呼ばれるグアムやプエルトリコなどは正式には米国領ではなく、ちょうど日本に併合される直前の朝鮮に似た位置付けです。そしてMadeleine Bordalloは他の議員と違ってDelegateという肩書きの特殊な立場で、これは米国議会の議論に加わる発言権だけで議決権のない資格を表すようです。正式にはDelegate from Guam（グアム代表？）です。

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/power_rankings/power_card.tt?id=132864

General Factors Affecting This Member's Score:
. Too few terms or years in office in Congress to have significant clout
. Member has weak committee assignment or lacks significant committee influence due to member's minority party status
. This member is a non-voting delegate representative of a territory or district
. Successfully passed one or more bills out of committee
. Influenced significant legislation in 2006 at the committee or subcommittee level, or served as majority party conferee




なお米国属領各地域代表の肩書きは次の通り。

http://www.capwiz.com/politicsol/dbq/officials/directory/statedel.dbq?dir=politicsol&state=as

American Samoa … Delegate

http://www.capwiz.com/politicsol/dbq/officials/directory/statedel.dbq?dir=politicsol&state=gu

Guam ……………… Delegate

http://www.capwiz.com/politicsol/dbq/officials/directory/statedel.dbq?dir=politicsol&state=pr

Puerto Rico ……… Resident Comissioner

http://www.capwiz.com/politicsol/dbq/officials/directory/statedel.dbq?dir=politicsol&state=vi

Virgin Islands … Delegate