House Amendment On Cuba Credit For U.S. Agriculture Products Advances

The House Rules Committee on Tuesday (June 21) cleared the way for a floor vote on an amendment that would allow private companies to extend credit to Cuba to purchase U.S. agriculture products. Tuesday’s results mean the measure, which would change limitations on credit under the Cuba embargo, is headed to both the House and Senate floors as part of financial services appropriations bills in each chamber. The Senate Financial Services committee approved its bill on June 16. A Crawford...