Senate turns attention to Cuba

[Osolomia]

Sept. 10, 2003 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON - Amid veto threats from the Bush administration, the House on Tuesday again passed Arizona Rep. Jeff Flake's amendment to lift the 43-year-old ban on Americans traveling to Cuba.

... Flake's amendment to a Transportation-Treasury spending bill has been approved the past two years, and an earlier version was approved one year before that.

But each year those measures have been dropped from the spending bill during House and Senate negotiations.

This year, though, Flake and others say the political dynamics have changed. They say the Senate is preparing to allow a vote this year for the first time.

... If both chambers do approve the amendment, it could not be stripped from the bill.

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http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0910flake-cuba10.html

DUhers have no excuse for not knowing about what's going on here.