US Senate committee approves lifting Cuba travel ban
Friday, November 7, 2003
WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, by a vote of 13-5, on Thursday approved lifting a ban on travel to Cuba by US citizens, following recent similar votes in both the House of Representatives and the US Senate.
The bill would withhold funds to enforce the travel ban, effectively ending restrictions on US citizens' travel to Cuba.
Lawmakers made some modifications however, unanimously approving an expression of "outrage" about human rights conditions in Cuba.
They also unanimously approved a measure which would require the US State Department to issue a report on Cuba's alleged financing of terrorism.
The revised bill is likely to be voted upon by the full Senate next year, lawmakers said.
The Senate voted last month to end the four-decade US ban on travel to Cuba - despite President George W. Bush's veto threat - by a 59-36 vote.
By a vote of 227 to 188, the House of Representatives voted to lift the travel embargo last September.
Back...
Most popular
articles: viewed, printed and e-mailed
Printable
version
| 
