But Cuban-American senator fights colleagues to block it
(NEWSER) - A bipartisan group of senators is set to introduce a new bill on US-Cuban relations tomorrow that would remove all legal barriers to traveling to the island, reports the Washington Post. The bill goes far beyond earlier efforts to relax travel restrictions and enjoys support from committee leaders, top Republicans, and the White House. But it has to get past the angry opposition of Bob Menendez, the Cuban-American senator from New Jersey, who told fellow legislators: "Let's duke it out on the floor." More»