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(Adds more details, Thursday hearing, updates prices) WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Legislation to create a $140 billion fund to compensate asbestos victims will be one of the first legislative issues before the U.S.
Senate next year, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said on Wednesday.
"I am pleased to inform my colleagues that asbestos reform will be the first major piece of legislation that we consider in late January when we return," the Tennessee Republican said on the Senate floor.
"No more del...
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