Teller Amendment - Congressional Response

Congressional Response

Congress debated a joint resolution in response to the president's request for a week. In near-final form, its three parts constituted:

" joint resolution for the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba, demanding that the government of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the Island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the President of the United States to use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry these resolutions into effect. (Congressional Record p. 4062)"