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The U.S. House on Thursday voted against permitting Cuban-Americans to visit their families in Cuba more frequently and for retaining a trade embargo that has been in place since 1960.
The 211-208 vote reversed a trend in Congress in recent years toward relaxing some travel sanctions on Cuba.
Earlier in June, the House voted 216-210 against relaxing rules on the shipment of gift parcels to Cuba.
The chamber Thursday also voted 250-169 to keep the economic embargo in place. President Bush had vowed to veto any effort to weaken the embargo.
