The World : Sanctions Veto Due Today
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President Reagan today will veto legislation imposing punitive sanctions against South Africa, the White House said, acknowledging that it will be difficult to get enough votes in the Republican-controlled Senate to sustain the veto. Reagan has no more than 20 votes in the Senate to uphold a veto, GOP and Democratic sources said. Reagan has bargained for votes by offering to order some limited sanctions to pressure Pretoria’s white-minority government to end apartheid and give the majority black population full political rights.
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