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During his tenure in the House, he voted (in 1979) against making [[Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.]]'s birthday a [[national holiday]], and was one of 330 who voted in favor of it in 1983.

He voted against the creation of the [[United States Department of Education|U.S. Department of Education]]. In 1986, andafter thePresident imposition[[Ronald ofReagan|Reagan]] [[sanctionsveto]]ed a bill to impose economic sanctions against upon [[South Africa]] for its official policy of [[apartheid]], Cheney was one of 83 Representatives who voted against overriding the veto. In later years, Cheney articulated his opposition to "unilateral sanctions," against many different countries, stating "they almost never work."[http://www.cato.org/speeches/sp-dc062398.html]

In 1986, Cheney, along with 145 Republicans and 31 Democrats, voted against a nonbinding Congressional resolution calling on the South African government to release [[Nelson Mandela]] from prison, after the majority Democrats defeated proposed amendments to the language that would have required Mandela to renounce violence sponsored by the [[ANC]] and requiring the ANC to oust the [[Communist]] faction from leadership. The resolution was defeated.[http://www.nationalreview.com/convention/guest_comment/guest_commentprint073100c.html] Appearing on CNN during the [[U.S. presidential election, 2000| Presidential campaign in 2000]], Cheney addressed criticism for this, saying he opposed the resolution because the ANC "at the time was viewed as a terrorist organization and had a number of interests that were fundamentally inimical to the United States."[http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/07/30/talk.wrap/index.html]