From this morning's Earlybird:

• "Amid signs that Cuban purchases of U.S. agricultural products continue to grow, congressional, farm and trade leaders on Cuba say President Obama's decision Monday to make it easier for Cuban-Americans to travel to Cuba and send remittances should be followed by policy changes making it easier for farmers and agribusiness executives to travel to Cuba to sell products and for Cubans to buy them," CongressDailyPM (subscription) reports.

• "Several Republican lawmakers are expected at 750 Boston Tea Party-styled protests to mark the day federal taxes are due," The Hill reports. "House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is attending a party in Bakersfield, Calif., while House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will join protestors in Madison, Wis."

• "After a long silence on the unfolding federal probe of the PMA Group and its ties to senior Democrats, House Democratic leaders are cobbling together a defense to offer political cover to their rank and file," Roll Call (subscription) reports. "Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has enlisted Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) to consult with House Democrats on why they should continue to resist Republican demands for an ethics committee investigation into the matter."

• "The AFL-CIO and the union political federation Change to Win announced today they will back a common framework for comprehensive immigration reform, healing a major rift in the Democratic party on the issue and illustrating organized labor's increased clout under the Obama administration," CongressDailyPM (subscription) reports.