House vote supports keeping Guantanamo Bay open

Published June 4, 2013 11:41pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted in favor of keeping open the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The vote Tuesday broke mostly along party lines and upheld current law that blocks the use of taxpayer funds to build or renovate facilities in the U.S. to house suspected terrorists and other prisoners from Guantanamo Bay.

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