High-risk driver plan hit by senators
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Eighteen Democratic state senators say the Romney administration must gain legislative approval before moving ahead with a proposal to change the way high-risk drivers are apportioned among auto insurance companies in Massachusetts.
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The Legislature yesterday passed a bill that its sponsors said would attack auto insurance fraud at the street level and in the offices of chiropractors and physical therapists.
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Leading Democratic lawmakers yesterday blasted Maryland Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer Jr. for allowing HMOs to pass on to their customers a tax imposed by the legislature last month, with one prominent senator calling for his resignation.
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Motorists who cause death by careless driving may escape a prison sentence under new proposals that will be published on Wednesday.
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The heads of the domestic auto industry are pressing congressional leaders to revisit a plan to increase fuel efficiency standards that automakers say could hurt their industry.
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By Rex Springston, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 5--When W. Shelton Miles dropped a bomb on the state Senate subcommittee, you could almost see the blood drain from one lawmaker's face.  "This is extraordinarily unusual," said Sen. John Watkins, R-Powhatan.
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The chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission says a Senate bill that would more than double the agency's budget and expand its authority would be too difficult for the agency to implement and "put the American people at greater risk."
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Ignoring warnings that she is acting beyond her legal authority, Insurance Commissioner Julianne M. Bowler yesterday issued rules that would govern how as many as 1 million so-called high-risk drivers would be assigned to auto insurance carriers starting in 2008.
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Three leading senators blamed election-year politics Tuesday for effectively blocking passage of a multiyear highway spending bill and proposed that Congress accept a six-month extension of federal funding at current, less generous levels.
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By Ed Mendel, The San Diego Union-Tribune  Feb. 20--SACRAMENTO -- A surge of new highway money from a $19.9 billion  transportation bond has renewed political infighting over whether Caltrans  should use government or private engineers, bringing warnings of possible  project delays.
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A US senator suffers a possible stroke, raising the possibility that control of the Senate could return to the Republicans.
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This week, Sen. Orrin Hatch, with Rep. Mark Souder of Indiana and Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, are pushing a bill authorizing mycoherbicides as part of the Office of National Drug Control Policy reauthorization bill. This mycoherbicides bill will cause a health and environmental disaster.
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By Hugh Lessig And Kimball Payne, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Feb. 25--RICHMOND -- State lawmakers Saturday passed what they admitted was a flawed transportation spending plan. Attention now shifts to Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, who will propose a major overhaul.
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The U.S. Senate approved legislation on Thursday that would for the first time in 30 years force automakers to produce vehicles that get sharply higher fuel mileage.
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A Senate famous for its "deliberative pace" is hoping to rush out bills this week bolstering pensions, raising the minimum wage and cutting taxes before departing the Capitol and shifting their re-election campaigns into high gear.
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The drive to pass a &#36;136 billion corporate tax bill hit a roadblock in the Senate on Friday when lawmakers upset about tobacco regulation, new overtime rules and combat pay employed delaying tactics to prevent a vote.
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A Senate drive to approve homeland security legislation could lead to a clash with the White House over airport screeners and standardized drivers' licenses.