Sen. Specter Plans Asbestos Fund Hearing Next Week
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The incoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said on Tuesday he wants to hold a hearing next week on draft legislation he is preparing to establish a national fund for compensating asbestos victims.
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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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A U.S. House Financial Services  subcommittee will hold a hearing on accounting problems at  mortgage funder Fannie Mae FNM.N next week, the committee  said on Wednesday.
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Sen. Arlen Specter, a 26-year Senate Republican, said he will visit Syria despite loud objections by the Bush administration, contending the situation in Iraq is so dire that it is time Congress step up to the plate and see what it can do.
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Senator Arlen Specter wants N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell to explain why the league destroyed evidence related to spying by the New England Patriots.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said on Wednesday he was proposing a &#36;140 billion trust fund to compensate asbestos victims.
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With Supreme Court justices becoming increasingly comfortable in the spotlight, Sen. Arlen Specter says it might finally be time for their close-ups.
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Hoping to save his upcoming Judiciary Committee chairmanship, Sen. Arlen Specter plans to argue directly to the panel's Republican membership that he can be the best steward of President Bush's judicial nominees in next year's Congress.
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Sen. Arlen Specter gained ground Tuesday toward winning the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which was thrown into doubt after he said judges who oppose abortion rights would face confirmation problems.
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Several influential conservative Republicans indicated yesterday that Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), who is in line to become chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee next year, has not succeeded
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U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican, has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease, a treatable cancer of the lymph system, his office announced on Wednesday.
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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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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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The chief executive of mortgage  finance company Fannie Mae FNM.N, under fire for alleged  accounting irregularities, will appear before a congressional  panel next week, a company spokesman said on Wednesday.
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The Patriots' loss in Super Bowl XLII hasn't diminished Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter's interest in the NFL's investigation into the team's illegal taping of defensive signals. Specter is scheduled to meet with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell today, 10 days after the Patriots were upset, 17-14, by the New York Giants, to discuss the NFL's handling of "Spygate."
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Despite protests from anti-abortion activists, Sen. Arlen Specter is moving closer to locking down the spot as next year's Judiciary Committee chairman and shepherd to President Bush's judicial nominees in the Senate.
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Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, under fire from conservatives because of his views supporting abortion rights, appeared last night to