The mailing says that constituent pressure in key states played the major role in forcing Republican Senators to withdraw an amendment to S 995 whose intention was to kill divestment in states and cities. The actions persuaded Senator William Roth of Delaware that he did not have enough votes for his amendment, which would have pre-empted any state or municipal action. The mailing says the Senate bill is considerably weaker than the House bill, HR 1460; it does not include the toughest provisions of 1460 to ban new loans and investment in South Africa and Krugerrand imports, and it mandates the "Sullivan Principles," which were opposed by the House sponsors. The mailing discusses apartheid,...
The mailing says that constituent pressure in key states played the major role in forcing Republican Senators to withdraw an amendment to S 995 whose intention was to kill divestment in states and cities. The actions persuaded Senator William Roth of Delaware that he did not have enough votes for his amendment, which would have pre-empted any state or municipal action. The mailing says the Senate bill is considerably weaker than the House bill, HR 1460; it does not include the toughest provisions of 1460 to ban new loans and investment in South Africa and Krugerrand imports, and it mandates the "Sullivan Principles," which were opposed by the House sponsors. The mailing discusses apartheid, Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sanctions, and a conference committee.
