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November 17, 2003
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The consensus of a recent panel on Cuba (that Bush would likely veto legislation ending the U.S. ban on travel to Cuba) has been rendered moot. The legislation had been attached to the transportation bill the maximum leader needs to approve, so as to make a veto more difficult for him.
But as reported Thursday, "President Bush's allies in Congress quietly eliminated [the] widely supported provision easing restrictions on American travel to Cuba from a major appropriations bill to save him from embarrassment over his political designs in Florida, officials from both parties said." In other words, Bush can continue to pander to the Cuban émigrés in Miami without having to take a hit from other constituencies.
Posted by at November 17, 2003 07:46 AM