Yazman
2nd April 2009, 17:40
Thoughts?
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/31/cuba.travel/
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A group of senators and other supporters unveiled a bill Tuesday to lift the 47-year-old travel ban to Cuba.
Proponents of lifting the ban have been trying for years but lacked the votes in Congress or a president who supported the measure. But with Democrats holding majorities in both houses of Congress and controlling the White House, supporters said they believe their chance is at hand.
"I think that we finally reached a new watermark here on this issue," said Sen. Byron Dorgan, a Democrat from North Dakota and one of the bill's sponsors.
"When something doesn't work for 50 years, 47 years, clear-headed thinking has to say, 'You know what, it's time to change it,'" he said.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/31/cuba.travel/
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A group of senators and other supporters unveiled a bill Tuesday to lift the 47-year-old travel ban to Cuba.
Proponents of lifting the ban have been trying for years but lacked the votes in Congress or a president who supported the measure. But with Democrats holding majorities in both houses of Congress and controlling the White House, supporters said they believe their chance is at hand.
"I think that we finally reached a new watermark here on this issue," said Sen. Byron Dorgan, a Democrat from North Dakota and one of the bill's sponsors.
"When something doesn't work for 50 years, 47 years, clear-headed thinking has to say, 'You know what, it's time to change it,'" he said.