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From: jefff@cadovax.UUCP (Jeffery H. Fields)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: House Votes NIX on Contra Aid
Message-ID: <576@cadovax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 25-Apr-85 17:08:02 EDT
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Posted: Thu Apr 25 17:08:02 1985
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On Tuesday, April 24th The House of Representatives voted not to aid the
Contra rebels in Nicaragua.  That means for one year no money will be spent
on supporting the rebels.  The first vote was indecisive with as many 
Republicans voting against it because it contained the Democratically authored
amendment limiting the scope of the proposed aid, as there were Democrats
voting for it because of the amendment.  On the second vote, all the Democrats
who voted for it on the first call, voted against it.  The total was 3 to 1
against adopting the proposal that would grant some 14 million dollars to the
Contras.

For at least a year, the atrocities committed by the Contras will be stymied.
This will give time to the Sandinistas (so called Marxist-Leninist) to enact
their social reforms with less fear of military reprisal.  The social workers
will be less victimized and thus able to improve conditions in the Nicaraguan
industrial sector, while their brothers and sisters in the rural areas will be
able to breath easier and get on with much needed land reform.

Perhaps, the Reagan administration will learn from the house vote and moderate
its antipathy to the Sandinistas.  This will most likely never happen but one
can hope, anyway.
-- 

				Jeff Fields
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