Fate of Asbestos Bill Still Up in the Air

By Emily Pierce
Roll Call Staff
Feb. 9, 2006, 12 a.m.

With majority parties in Congress intently focused on ensuring the success of their legislative agenda, it’s rare that the process of debating and amending legislation actually determines what passes and what doesn’t. But that’s exactly what’s happening in the Senate’s current debate over an asbestos trust fund bill.



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Stier: Detecting a Bad Breast Cancer Bill

July 1, 11:28 a.m.

Who could blame hundreds of Members of Congress for joining with a colleague and breast cancer survivor, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), in co-sponsoring legislation aimed at promoting breast cancer education? The problem, according to leading breast cancer scientists and advocacy groups, is the bill would do more harm than good. Read Full Article

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