{"id":2471,"date":"2003-03-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-03-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2471"},"modified":"2003-03-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-03-21T00:00:00","slug":"5623212003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2003\/03\/21\/5623212003\/","title":{"rendered":"3\/21\/2003"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD), on Friday, March 21, 2003, ten U.S. Senators announced the formation of the bipartisan \u2018Senate Working Group on Cuba.\u2019 The letter said the working group would \u2018examine U.S. policies toward Cuba, including trade and travel restrictions,\u2019 citing Americans\u2019 right to travel and Cuba\u2019s potential as a U.S. export market. With the formation of the Senate Working Group on Cuba, both chambers of the U.S. Congress now have Cuba working groups committed to a new approach on U.S. policy toward Cuba. &#8230;The ten members of the Senate Working Group on Cuba are: 5 DEMOCRATS: Max Baucus (MT); Byron Dorgan (ND); Maria Cantwell (WA); Blanche Lincoln (AR); Jeff Bingaman (NM); 5 REPUBLICANS: Michael Enzi (WY); Chuck Hagel (NE); Norm Coleman (MN); Jim Talent (MO); Pat Roberts (KS).\u201d [Con Embargo]<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Senate Announces Cuba Working Group,\u201d HavanaJournal.com, March 24, 2003<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD), on Friday, March 21, 2003, ten U.S. Senators announced the formation of the bipartisan \u2018Senate Working Group on Cuba.\u2019 The letter said the working group would \u2018examine U.S. policies toward Cuba, including trade and travel restrictions,\u2019 citing Americans\u2019 right [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2003\/03\/21\/5623212003\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 3\/21\/2003<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-2471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2439,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2002\/04\/15\/5294152002\/","url_meta":{"origin":2471,"position":0},"title":"4\/15\/2002","author":"AmarkData","date":"April 15, 2002","format":false,"excerpt":"\"With the formation of the Senate Working Group on Cuba, both chambers of the U.S. Congress now have Cuba working groups committed to a new approach on U.S. policy toward Cuba. In the House of Representatives, the bipartisan, fifty-member Cuba Working Group was formed in April 2002.\u201d \u00a0[The 15th of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;quotes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2489,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2003\/10\/24\/57910242003\/","url_meta":{"origin":2471,"position":1},"title":"10\/24\/2003","author":"AmarkData","date":"October 24, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"\"October 24 [2003]. The U.S. Senate votes (59 to 36) in favor of lifting the ban on travel to Cuba. The result is similar to a vote at the House of Representatives last month. This is a major \u2018rebuff\u2019 of President [George W.] Bush's policy towards Cuba. 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