Us Senate Kills Attempt To Rewrite Asbestos Bill
Published by MAC on 2006-02-10Source: PlanetArk
US Senate Kills Attempt to Rewrite Asbestos Bill
by PlanetArk, USA, WASHINGTON
10th February 2006
The US Senate on Thursday voted to kill an attempt to make major changes in legislation creating a $140 billion asbestos victims' compensation fund.
The Senate voted to table, or block, a proposed amendment unveiled earlier on Thursday by Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn. It would have dropped the victims' compensation fund in the bill and instead allowed asbestos lawsuits only under strict medical criteria.
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