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Friday, Feb 10, 2006
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Posted on Fri, Feb.
10, 2006
Senate vote tables asbestos fund bill
By Mary Dalrymple
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - The Senate rejected an attempt Thursday to keep asbestos cases in the courts, removing one obstacle to the creation of a $140 billion trust fund for paying victims and ending their lawsuits.
Opponents quickly raised another obstacle.
Sen.
John Ensign, R-Nev., questioned the fund's future costs to taxpayers and asserted that the bill violates budget rules.
The bill would establish a...
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