In mid-October 2007 , after the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed a resolution to label the 1915 killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide , Pelosi pledged to bring the measure to a vote . The draft resolution prompted warnings from President Bush and fierce criticism from Turkey , with Turkey 's Prime Minister saying that approval of the resolution would endanger U.S.-Turkey relations . After House support eroded , the measure 's sponsors dropped their call for a vote , and in late October Pelosi agreed to set the matter aside
the 1915 killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks
Armenian Genocide
Nancy Pelosi