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00-HR4471 on May 16, 2000

OnTheIssues.org explanation: The US government has forbidden US citizens from traveling to Cuba since the 1960s. Try booking a trip from Mexico City to Havana on travelocity.com (or any travel website) and it says, "Due to a U.S. government travel restriction we are unable to book this reservation." You can, however, purchase that same ticket while in Mexico City, or anywhere else in the world. Sanford's bill attempts to undo this long-standing situation.

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LEGISLATIVE OUTCOME: Referred to the House Committee on the Western Hemisphere; never called for a House vote.



Democrats participating in 00-HR4471

Neil Abercrombie s1oHawaii Democrat
Tom Allen s1oMaine Democrat
Joe Baca s1oCalifornia Democrat
John Baldacci s1oMaine Democrat
Tammy Baldwin s1oWisconsin Democrat
Howard Berman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Earl Blumenauer s1oOregon Democrat
Rick Boucher s1oVirginia Democrat
Robert Brady s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Sherrod Brown s1oOH Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep.
Michael Capuano s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Julia Carson s1oIndiana Democrat
William Lacy Clay s1oMissouri Democrat
Eva Clayton s1oNorth Carolina Democrat (Until 2004)
James Clyburn s1oSouth Carolina Democrat
Gary Condit s1oCalifornia Democrat
William Coyne s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Bud Cramer s1oAlabama Democrat
Elijah Cummings s1oMaryland Democrat
Pat Danner s1oMissouri Democrat
Peter Defazio s1oOregon Democrat
Bill Delahunt s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Cal Dooley s1oCalifornia Democrat (Until 2004)
Anna Eshoo s1oCalifornia Democrat
Sam Farr s1oCalifornia Democrat
Chaka Fattah s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Harold Ford s1oTennessee Democrat
Barney Frank s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Sam Gejdenson s1oConnecticut Democrat
Tony Hall s1oOhio Democrat
Earl Hilliard s1oAlabama Democrat
Maurice Hinchey s1oNew York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.
Darlene Hooley s1oOregon Democrat
Jesse Louis Jackson s1oIllinois Democrat
William Jefferson s1oLouisiana Democrat
Paul Kanjorski s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Ron Kind s1oWisconsin Democrat
Dennis Kucinich s1oOhio Democrat
Nicholas Lampson s1oTexas Democrat (Re-elected 2006)
John Larson s1oConnecticut Democrat
Barbara Lee s1oCalifornia Democrat
John Lewis s1oGeorgia Democrat
Ed Markey s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Robert Matsui s1oCalifornia Democrat (deceased)
Karen McCarthy s1oMissouri Democrat (Until 2004)
Jim McDermott s1oWashington Democrat
Jim McGovern s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Cynthia McKinney s1oGeorgia Democrat
Michael McNulty s1oNew York Democratic/Ind./Cons.
Marty Meehan s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Gregory Meeks s1oNew York Dem./Working-Families
George Miller s1oCalifornia Democrat
James Moran s1oVirginia Democrat
Jerrold Nadler s1oNew York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
Richard Neal s1oMassachusetts Democrat
John Olver s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Major Owens s1oNew York Democrat/Working-Families
Ed Pastor s1oArizona Democrat
Donald Payne s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Nancy Pelosi s1oCalifornia Democrat
Collin Peterson s1oMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
Charles Rangel s1oNew York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
Tim Roemer s1oIndiana Democrat
Max Sandlin s1oTexas Democrat (Until 2004)
Jose Serrano s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Ronnie Shows s1oMississippi Democrat
Pete Stark s1oCalifornia Democrat
Ted Strickland s1oOH Democrat
Bart Stupak s1oMichigan Democrat
John Tanner s1oTennessee Democrat
Ellen Tauscher s1oCalifornia Democrat
Gene Taylor s1oMississippi Democrat
Mike Thompson s1oCalifornia Democrat
John Tierney s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Nydia Velazquez s1oNew York Democrat/Working-Families
Bruce Vento s1oMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
Maxine Waters s1oCalifornia Democrat
Mel Watt s1oNorth Carolina Democrat
Robert Weygand s1oRhode Island Democrat



Republicans participating in 00-HR4471

Mary Bono s1oCalifornia Republican
Tom Campbell s1oCalifornia Republican (Retired)
Tom Coburn s1oOK Republican Jr Senator; previously US Rep
Phil English s1oPennsylvania Republican
Wally Herger s1oCalifornia Republican
Peter Hoekstra s1oMichigan Republican
Amo Houghton s1oNew York Republican/Conservative
Steve Largent s1oOK00 Former Republican Challenger
Steven LaTourette s1oOhio Republican
Jim Leach s1oIowa Republican
Marty Martinez s1oCalifornia Republican
Jerry Moran s1oKansas Republican
Bob Ney s1oOhio Republican
Ron Paul s1oPOTUS Republican (Libertarian 1988)
John Porter s1oIllinois Republican (retired)
Jim Ramstad s1oMinnesota Republican
Matt Salmon s1oArizona Republican
Mark Sanford s2pSC Republican
Christopher Shays s1oConnecticut Republican
Lee Terry s1oNebraska Republican



Independents participating in 00-HR4471

Chris John s1oLA 2004 former Democratic challenger; US Representative
George Nethercutt s1oWA 2004 former Republican challenger; US Representative
Bernie Sanders s1oVermont Independent



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 79
Republicans: 20
Independents: 3