Saturday, December 07, 2013

Along with Reagan, existing members of Congress acted against the Late President Mandela and the people of South Africa.

By Igor Volsky and Zack Beauchamp
December 6, 2013

...The 1986 bill (click here) cut virtually “all U.S. economic ties with South Africa, requiring American companies to cease operating there within 180 days.” Lawmakers had to override Reagan’s veto. Sens. Thad Conrad, Orrin Hatch and Reps. Hal Rogers, Joe Barton, and Howard Coble all voted against imposing sanctions on the regime....