House Drops Debate on Cuba Travel Ban
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A measure that would end the U.S. ban on travel to Cuba was dropped on Wednesday by its chief House of Representatives sponsor, who said he could not get "meaningful debate" in an election year on legislation that has attracted bipartisan support for several years.
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U.S. President George W. Bush ruled out any easing of the decades-old U.S. trade embargo on Cuba but proposed loosening some restrictions on contacts with the communist-ruled island, if more freedoms were allowed.
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WASHINGTON Oct. 1, 2004 - The House followed the Senate in decisively rejecting a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, ending for this year debate on what has become the dominant issue for the Republican Party&#39;s conservative base.
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A day after backing off a rules  change that would have allowed an indicted congressional leader  to retain his post, the House of Representatives on Tuesday  adopted a separate change that will make it harder to pursue  ethics probes of members of Congress.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday defied the White House and voted to ease limits on U.S. student travel and trade with Cuba, but defeated a measure that would have lifted all economic sanctions.
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GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba  - A U.S. war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo came to a screeching halt on Monday when a military judge dropped all the charges against a young Canadian in a ruling that could preclude trying any of the 380 prisoners any time soon.
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MADRID, June 1 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a lightning stop here Friday, intending to signal an end to the Bush administration's diplomatic deepfreeze of the Spanish government, but new tensions emerged over dealings with Cuba.
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The Bush administration urged  Congress last year to drop a legislative proposal that would  have curbed the ability of U.S. intelligence to use extreme  interrogation tactics, the White House acknowledged on  Thursday.
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MADRID -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a lightning stop here yesterday, intending to signal an end to the Bush administration's diplomatic deep freeze of the Spanish government, but new tensions emerged over dealings with Cuba.
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Top House Democrats retreated Monday from an attempt to limit President Bush's authority for taking military action against Iran as the leadership concentrated on a looming confrontation with the White House over the Iraq war.
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The Cuban government has stopped the use of United States dollars in its transactions following the United States move to freeze all international transactions related to Cuba.
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Democrats will limit this week's Iraq debate in the U.S. House of Representatives to a resolution that disapproves of President George W. Bush's plan to increase troop levels, the House Democratic leader said on Sunday.
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As the Bush administration accelerates discussions about closing the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a growing chorus of Democrats on Capitol Hill is imploring the State Department not to transfer detainees to countries that may torture them.
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WASHINGTON Sept. 30, 2004 - The House emphatically rejected a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage Thursday, the latest in a string of conservative pet causes advanced by Republican leaders in the run-up to Election Day.
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"But it is positive that we are talking about it. Surely, when we talk our positions will become more understandable."  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Cuba was on the verge of a 'major transition,' and chided Spain on Friday for doing business with Fidel Castro while not working more to support dissidents in the communist island nation.Rice's one-day visit here was meant to smooth over a three-year downturn in relations between Washington and the government Madrid, but the disagreement over Cuba has threatened to wash away any growing good will. At issue is Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos's decision to snub Cuban dissidents on a visit to Havana in April. Read more
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The House voted Wednesday to end a 28-year ban on handgun ownership in the nation&#39;s capital, brushing aside pleas from city officials concerned about a surge in violence and more heavily armed criminals.
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Cuba said on Saturday it barred entry to three European lawmakers on a trip to support dissidents, setting back Spain&#39;s campaign to mend frosty