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"The US House of Representatives will not pass a motion to honour late pop superstar Michael Jackson as a great humanitarian, it has emerged. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said that individual members are free to give short speeches regarding Jackson but a formal vote will not take place. Pelosi said: &amp;quot;A resolution, I think, would open up to contrary views to - that are not necessary at this time to be expressed in association with a resolution whose purpose is quite different. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s an opportunity on the floor of the House to express their sympathy or their praise any time that they wish. I don&amp;#039;t think it&amp;#039;s necessary for us to have a resolution.&amp;quot; The resolution had been tabled by Sheila Jackson Lee, a congresswoman who spoke at Jackson&amp;#039;s memorial earlier this week. However, it faced opposition from members including Peter King, who had called the singer a &amp;quot;pervert&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;paedophile&amp;quot; in a video clip recently uploaded to YouTube. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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