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In reply to the discussion: Ronald Reagan was angry. It was October 1986, & his veto against the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid... [View all]malaise
(268,931 posts)The lovers of St Ronnie don't mention this massive defeat but then again they never blame him for those hundreds of dead marines in Lebanon either.
http://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/03/politics/03REAG.html
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Senate, 78 to 21, Overrides Reagans Veto and Imposes Sanctions on South Africa
By STEVEN V. ROBERTS, Special to the New York Times
Published: October 3, 1986
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 The Senate voted today to override President Reagan's veto of legislation imposing stiff economic sanctions on South Africa. In doing so it rejected his pleas for support as he prepares to meet Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the Soviet leader, in Iceland.
The vote was 78 to 21, or 12 votes more than the two-thirds vote necessary to override. Since the House also voted to rebuff the President earlier this week, the sanctions bill became law as soon as the Senate voted to override the President's veto.
After the vote, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, said: ''The Senate's action today expressed the best ideals of the American people. The message to countries all over the world is, the United States will lead, and we're proud to lead.''
The sanctions, indeed, go further than those enacted Sept. 16 by the European Community. Those ban new investment and imports of gold coins, iron and steel from South Africa, but do not include a ban on coal imports. The European Community had already banned military and police cooperation, as well as oil sales and cooperation in nuclear development.