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CSTSite last update: Thursday, January 26, 2006 Serving Southern Mississippi Since 1904 January 26th, 2006 Top Ads Special Sections Online Forms Subscribe Place an Ad Letter to the Editor Engagement Announcement Wedding Announcement Bonus Features National News Guestbook Stocks Entertainment Town Hall Health News First two bills in Senate unlikely to win passage Thursday, January 26, 2006 12:50 PM CST WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate opens its 2006 legislative session next week with two measures stalled at the starting gate: renewing the anti-terror USA Patriot Act and establishing a fund to compensate asbestos disease sufferers and stop their lawsuits against American businesses.The Patriot Act is set to expire Feb.

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Lacking the votes to renew many of the anti-terrorism law's provisions permanently and others for four years, Republican leaders are looking at a simple extension into March.

The other measure is a bill to compensate asbestos disease sufferers and halt suits the Bush administration says have cost businesses $80 billion.

The measure is in such bad shape that one senator predicted it will only pass with help from a higher power.“Perhaps it will take a miracle, but miracles do happen,” Sen.

John Cornyn, R-Texas, said Wednesday.

Both bills are products of the Senate Judiciary Committee and are ...

... Baxter Bulletin - www.baxterbulletin.com - Welcome to The Baxter Bulletin, Mountain Home, Arkansas Customer Service: Subscribe Now Contact Us baxterbulletin.com Weather Calendar Jobs Cars Homes Shopping Classifieds Dating Search 7 days Archive Home News Local News Archives Obituaries Local Sports Opinion Weather State News Nation/World Travel Technology RSS Feeds Entertainment Communities Directories Customer Service ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Senators should oppose asbestos act ALAN HUGHES President Arkansas AFL-CIO Years ago, in the process of simply doing my job, I was exposed to asbestos.

Today, I suffer from asbestosis and will have health problems for the rest of my life.Sadly, my story is not unique.

There are tens of thousands of people just like me around the country.

Thousands of those are fighting fatal forms of cancer as a result.

ADVERTISEMENT Many of us have filed lawsuits to get compensation for our injuries.

Some have gotten settlements through the court system; others still are in the process.

But now some people have a plan to take away our rights.

Some in Congress have proposed taking all asbestos cases out of the court system and creating an Asbestos Trust Fund.

The problem is the fund is little more than a corporate bailout on a massive scale built on false promises to innocent victims who are sick and dying.As it currently is structured, the fund...