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15 June 2006 15:28:12
Source:
The New York Times
House Votes to Ease Rule on Food Sales to Cuba
Only part of the bill easing the Cuba embargo and relations passed the House of Representatives.
Quote:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to make it easier to sell U.S. farm products to Cuba by overriding a Bush administration requirement to pay in cash before the ship leaves harbor.to be made before the goods change hands, a more common approach for cash sales that also speeds delivery. It became part of a Treasury funding bill passed on a 406-22 vote.
Representatives killed two other proposed amendments aimed at revising U.S. relations with Cuba, including one to end the U.S. economic embargo in place since the early 1960s.
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