WASHINGTON, March 21 (UPI) -- A bill by U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., aimed at stopping the genocide in Darfur, is yet to win total support from the Congressional Black Caucus.
Hyde's bill, which has some 154 co-sponsors, would place financial and travel sanctions on those involved in the Darfur fighting and would authorize assistance to African Union forces trying to stop the killing.
Some members of the CBC, however, appear to want a measure from Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J. That bill would go as far as to authorize the U.S. government to "use all means necessary, including use of the United States armed forces" to stop the killing in Darfur, The Hill, a Capitol Hill newspaper, reported Tuesday.
The newspaper said the CBC has no formal position on Hyde's measure but has supported Payne's. A spokesman for Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., told The Hill Payne's measure is "the best approach" to stopping the genocide.
Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in the Darfur region of western Sudan. The government there has been accused of carrying out genocide against civilians.
