Date: 1978-03-16
Result:
75-23
Vote Subject Matter:
Foreign and Defense Policy
/ Defense Policy Resolutions
Sponsor: DeCONCINI, Dennis Webster (D-AZ)
Description: TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION OF RATIFICATION OF THE NEUTRALITY TREATY BY PROVIDING THAT BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND PANAMA SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE MILITARY OR NON-MILITARY ACTIONS TO REOPEN THE CANAL IN THE EVENT OF ITS CLOSING OR IN THE EVENT OF INTERFERENCE WITH ITS OPERATIONS.
Original source documents:
Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 124-38, p. 3825;
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