Senate panel cuts El Salvador aid over land reform actions
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously reduces the Reagan administration’s El Salvador military aid by 100 million dollars and warns of total aid cutoff if the land reform program hurts peasant beneficiaries. The panel nears a vote on a 6.7 billion foreign aid bill for FY 1983.
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Washington
el Salvador
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Reagan Administration
Christopher Dodd
D-Conn
House
Clement J. Zablocki
D-Wis
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Caribbean
El Salvador aid policy test on land reform split
Lawmakers debate military and economic aid tied to El Salvador land reform. Dodd amendment delays vote on the foreign aid bill until Reagan certifies El Salvador is pursuing reform. Key senators warn against cutting aid while Enders and Bosworth urge continued support and firm administration stance.
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el Salvador
Dodd
Sen
Nancy Landon Kassebaum
R-Kan
Constituent Assembly
Thomas O. Enders
inter-American Affairs
Reagan
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
U.S
Steven Bosworth
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Jack F. Kemp
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Clarence D. Long
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Orig
Georgie Porgie
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