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UC Berkeley ‘divest from the occupation’ bill still undecided

By: fairleft Thursday April 15, 2010 10:25 am

ASUC Senate Still Undecided on Vetoed Divestment Bill
By Allie Bidwell and Nick Myers
Contributing Writers
Last Updated Thursday, April 15, 2010

Following a nearly nine-hour discussion that began at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday evening and lasted into Thursday morning, ASUC senators have yet to reach a decision on whether or not they would uphold or override President Will Smelko’s March 24 veto of a controversial bill urging the student government and the UC to divest from two companies that have supplied Israel with materials for alleged war crimes.
After an initial 12-7-1 vote to uphold Smelko’s veto, the senate tabled the bill and will reconsider it next week. Several senators said they would work to alter the bill.