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"Minibus" bill held hostage over Cuba provisions

November 14, 2011

The Cable - Foreign Policy

The Senate is almost set to consider a three-bill spending package that includes all the funding for the State Department and foreign operations, but two senators are refusing to go along because of language related to Cuba.
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