Lacking the votes necessary for passage, a House panel has postponed action on a bill that would lift travel restrictions to Cuba.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee had scheduled a Wednesday markup on Rep. Collin Peterson's (D-Minn.) measure, which was approved by Peterson's Agriculture panel earlier this year. But the markup on Tuesday was postponed.
Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-Calif.) has been trying to secure 24 votes on the 47-member panel to approve the bill, but an analysis by The Hill shows only 16 members have publicly committed to it.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) recently indicated that if Berman's panel approved the bill, it could be brought to the House floor either before or after the elections.
The bill's future is now uncertain.
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