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Article: Travel to Cuba becomes dispute between White House and congress.(Brief Article)
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- Cuba News
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- August 1, 2001
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WASHINGTON -- Congress began another assault on US restrictions on travel to Cuba as President George W. Bush appeared to crack down on illegal travel to the island.
On July 26, Rep. Jeff Flake, a freshman Republican from Arizona, led the charge against the embargo's prohibition on spending money on travel to Cuba with an amendment to the $33 billion bill that will fund the Treasury Department, the postal service and other agencies next year. The amendment approved on a 240-186 vote, would strip the Treasury Department of money to enforce the travel regulations but would leave the ban on most American travel to Cuba in place. Sixty-seven Republicans joined 172 ...