Sen. Specter Backs &#36;140 Bln Asbestos Bill
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said on Wednesday he was proposing a &#36;140 billion fund to compensate asbestos victims and cap the liability of companies paying them damages.
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The 69-17 roll call by which the Senate voted Monday to approve a &#36;136 billion corporate tax bill.
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Sen. Arlen Specter hoped to wrap up his bid for the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, despite protests from social conservatives.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman  Arlen Specter said on Wednesday he was proposing a $140 billion  fund to compensate asbestos victims and cap the liability of  companies paying them damages.
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The battle over the incoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee intensified yesterday, as Republican Arlen Specter reassured his doubters that he will not block anti-abortion nominees to the Supreme Court.
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Talks to create a national fund to compensate asbestos victims will continue, the new leader of the Democrats in the US Senate said on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON - The Senate, in an unusual Sunday session, saw its effort to pass a sweeping corporate tax bill grind to a halt in the face of delaying tactics by a Louisiana senator upset that the measure did not include pay support for members of the Reserves and National Guard.    By a 66-14 vote, lawmakers did agree to limit debate on the tax bill, which provides $136 billion in new tax breaks for businesses and $10.1 billion separately to buy out tobacco farmers' government quotas...
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In an effort to win Pennsylvania, the President backed Arlen Specter in the Republican Primary. Specter won by fewer than 16,000 votes and Pennsylvania went for Kerry anyway.
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U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, a  Republican defender of abortion rights, effectively won his  battle on Thursday for the chairmanship of the committee that  reviews judicial nominees.
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Pfizer Inc. PFE.N on Friday said it  will take a pretax charge of $369 million in the third quarter  for a settlement with plaintiffs who allege they were harmed by  products containing asbestos and harmful minerals once sold by  a Pfizer subsidiary.
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Senator Bill Frist said that Senator Arlen Specter must convince his fellow Republicans that he deserves to be chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Arlen Specter, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee wants to discuss why the N.F.L. destroyed all evidence of the Patriotsâ video-taping incident in the season opener.
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Every Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee has pledged to support Sen. Arlen Specterâs (R-Pa.) bid to become the panelâs chairman, paving the way for his ascension in January.
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Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., announced Wednesday that he has Hodgkin's disease but expects to continue to work in the Senate while being treated.
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The US Congress approved a $145 billion bill providing new corporate tax breaks and a buyout for tobacco farmers as part of legislation that eliminates an export tax credit ruled illegal by the World Trade Organization.
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Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee asked for further changes in a plan for a &#36;140 billion asbestos compensation fund at a meeting to air their concerns, a key lawmaker said on Thursday.
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US Sen. Arlen Specter, a moderate Republican engulfed in a political firestorm fanned by abortion foes, wants to make the case to fellow party members that he should