This mailing reports on a voice vote in the U.S. House of Representatives in favor of an amendment to prohibit any funds from going "directly or indirectly" to Mozambique and Angola and five other countries. The amendment was offered by Illinois Republican Phil Crane, a long-time supporter of Portuguese colonialism and the Rhodesian and South African regimes. This vote affects appropriations not only for FY 1978 economic and military bilateral aid, but also all international financial institutions (such as the African Development Fund), United Nations agencies, and the Export-Import Bank. The mailing requests that people communicate about this issue on the foreign aid appropriations bill with...
This mailing reports on a voice vote in the U.S. House of Representatives in favor of an amendment to prohibit any funds from going "directly or indirectly" to Mozambique and Angola and five other countries. The amendment was offered by Illinois Republican Phil Crane, a long-time supporter of Portuguese colonialism and the Rhodesian and South African regimes. This vote affects appropriations not only for FY 1978 economic and military bilateral aid, but also all international financial institutions (such as the African Development Fund), United Nations agencies, and the Export-Import Bank. The mailing requests that people communicate about this issue on the foreign aid appropriations bill with members of the Senate Appropriations Foreign Operations Subcommittee.
