unless both Castro brothers die between now and 2016. But

unless both Castro brothers die between now and 2016. But ds708 its feasible that he and a coalition of reform-minded congressional Democrats and Republicans, as a sort of trial balloon, could work to lift the constitutionally questionable ban on travel to Cuba that non-Cuban U.S. citizens are subject to.
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Then again, the hard-line Cuban caucus still wields some clout on Capitol HillRos-Lehtinen is chairwoman of the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rubio and Democratic Cuban-American Senator Bob Menendez also oppose any easing of Cuba policy. Obama may decide its simply not worth disturbing waters in the Florida Straits when car diagnostic scanner he has more important bipartisan deals like deficit reduction to forge. Then theres the case of U.S. citizen Alan Gross, sentenced to 15 years in a Cuban prison last year on questionable espionage charges. It will be hard for Obama to make any Cuban policy change until Gross is released.
Still, the bottom line is that whatever Obama does in his second term regarding Cuba, angering Florida s Cuban voters seems to be one fewer worry. In fact, while Cubans were once the only relevant Latino voting bloc in the U.S. despite representing less than 5% of the Hispanic electorate, 2012 has reduced their muscle considerably. If anything, says Amandi, by voting as heavily as they did for Obama, they made themselves relevant again. And staying relevant is something for which Cuban voters have always had a knack.
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Correction:The original version of this article suggested that U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen might remain as chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. In fact, Ros-Lehtinen s term as chairwoman will end in January.
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