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Frist's
Response to Daschle Proposal (9/29/04)
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Sen. Daschle
Comes Down to $140 Billion, But Deal Not Done. (9/16/04)
(read Daschle's letter to Frist)
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Asbestos
Prospects Dimming, But Frist ($140
billion), Daschle ($145 billion) Keep Talking (9/9/04)
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Feinstein
Offers Asbestos Fund Compromise (8/16/04)
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New Proposal for Asbestos Fund from Sen.
Daschle (7/1/04)
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Asbestos
Talks End Without Agreement (5/7/04)
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Asbestos
Bill Stalls in Senate (4/23/04)
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Sen.
Daschle on SB 2290: Lack of Bi-Partisan Cooperation Make
Trust Fund Bill "A Mockery" (4/20/04)
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Educating
Senator Frist, by Paul Brodeur (4/20/04)
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Dr. Bret Williams to
Sen. Frist: "First, Do No Harm! (AP) (4/19/04)
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First,
Senator Frist, Do No Harm Considering the Asbestos Trust
Fund. An Essay by Dr. Bret Williams (4/19/04)
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Hatch Concedes
Asbestos Bill Probably Will Fail (4/15/04)
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Sen. Feinstein
Changes Tune, Now Opposed to Asbestos Bail Out Bill
(2290) (4/12/04)
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Ten
Reasons to Oppose the Frist/Hatch Asbestos Bill
(3/26/04)
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Bankruptcy Pay$: How Asbestos Companies are Faing Under
Chapter 11 (3/256/04)
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Myths & Facts: Proponents of Asbestos Company
Bailout Bill Deliberately Skew the Debate
with Distortions, Half Truths and Misinformation. It's
Time to Set the Record Straight (3/26/04)
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Family Member
of Asbestos Victims Lobby Against Settlement Fund
(3/25/04)
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"Let's
Kill The Trial Lawyers" Redux: Sen. Hatch Distorts
the Truth, Again. (3/5/04)
RGW,PC
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Contact Your U.S.
Senator: Vote "NO" on Asbestos Bail Out Bill!
(3/4/04) RGW,PC
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Fund Would
Aid Asbestos Victims: But Few Expect the Senate to
Approve the $114 Billion Measure (3/4/04)
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Message to Sen.
Feinstein: Oppose SB 1125! (2/20/04)
RGW,PC
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RGW, PC
Call To Arms: Defeat SB 1125
Now. (2/9/04)
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Take Action
Revisited! Beware the Ides of March: the Hatch
Bill Rears Its Ugly Head ... Again (2/9/04)
RGW,PC
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Bill Would
Save Firms Billions (2/4/04)
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Asbestos Litigation
Bill Up After Senate Class Action Debate (2/2/04)
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Workers Urge 'No'
Vote On National Asbestos Compensation Bill (1/15/04)
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Halliburton
Units File for Bankruptcy (12/17/03)
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Asbestos
Lobbyists Spend $1 Million Monthly to Push Hatch Bill
(11/11/03)
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The Asbestos Company Bail Out Takes My Breath Away -- ad
in the NY Times (10/21/03)
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Daschle,
Labor Nix Asbestos Fund Proposal
(10/20/03)
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AFL-CIO, Shut Out
from Talks, Rebukes New Funding "Agreement" as
"Grossly Inadequate" (10/16/03)
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Talking
Points: SB 1125 Underfunded,
Short-changes Victims, Bails Out Industry, Shifts Risk of
Insolvency to Victims, and Makes Mockery of
"Fairness" (10/16/03)
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Agreement
Reached on Asbestos Bill, NYT (10/16/03)
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Asbestos Factions
Struggle To Settle Their 30-Year War (10/15/03)
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Asbestos Victims Urge
'No' Vote on Legislation (10/7/03)
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Hatch
Lays and Egg...For Now (10/2/03)
RGW,PC
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US Chamber: Asbestos
Pushed Back in Senate Queue (9/18/03)
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Asbestos
Worker Calls "FAIR" a Farce and a Sham
(8/14/03)
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Latest Draft of
Asbestos Trust Fund Act, S.1125 (7/28/03)
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Hatch Flogs Asbestos
Legislation Past Doubting Specter and Judiciary
Democrats Onto Senate Floor (7/16/03)
RGW,PC
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Timing of
Asbestos Bill in Senate Uncertain (7/15/03)
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Panel OKs Bill
Creating Asbestos Fund (7/11/03)
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Labor
Raises New Concerns About Asbestos Fund (7/10/03)
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Asbestos
Trust Fund a Business Windfall? (7/10/03)
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Take Action!
Urge Your Senator to Defeat not "Fix" S. 1125.
Click here for
bullet points, reference and legislative history. (7/1/03)
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Sen. Hatch's
Promises Of Swift Compensation Under S. 1125 Refuted By
Asbestos Cancer Advocate. (7/1/03)
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Asbestos
Victims Get Relief in Senate Judiciary Vote (6/30/03)
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Hatch
Asbestos Bill Gets Halliburton Out of Jail Free!
(6/11/03) RGW,PC
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Asbestos
Cancer Survivors Take Action Against Inhumane Asbestos
Trust/Bail Out Bill (SB 1125) (6/6/03)
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Proposed
SB 1125 Opposition Letter, Courtesy of NYCOSH (6/3/03)
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MARF to Sen.
Hatch "Resolve the Injury by Curing the
Cancer!" (6/3/03)
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Sen.
Murray to Sen. Hatch: Cure the Disease by Banning
Asbestos, Funding Research (6/2/03)
Click
Here for a Critical Summary of Asbestos Trust Fund Bill
S.1125
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Asbestos
Cancer Claimant to US Senate: "Reject Inhumane
Trust Fund Corporate Bailout!" Please read (5/29/03)
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Proposals
Aim to Limit Rising Asbestos Claims. Cleveland Plain Dealer
(5/28/03)
Chris Hahn, Executive Director of MARF, quoted)
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Sen. Patty
Murray (D-WA) Re-Introduces Ban Asbestos Act (S.1115),
Thanks MARF! (5/23/03
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Ralph
Nader Addresses Texas Legislators on House Bill 4
(5/22/03)
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Senator
Hatch Bill Ignores MARF Proposal (5/7/03)
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Asbestos Liability
Accord Said to Be Near (4/24/03)
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Outlook
Brightens for Action on Asbestos (3/18/03)
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Supreme Court Allows Asbestos - Cancer Anxiety Claims
(3/11/03)
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Senator
Hatch Wants Asbestos Bill Quickly (3/6/03)
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Tackling
Asbestos Reform (3/6/03)
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Halliburton
Sees Asbestos Exposure at $600 Million Through 2015 (9/3/02)
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Former
Circuit Court Judge Explains Crisis in Asbestos
Litigation (7/8/02)
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A
Surge in Asbestos Suits, Many by Healthy Plaintiffs
(4/11/02)
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Unimpaired
Claims Explosion Accelerates Bankruptcies (2/18/02)
RGW,PC
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Halliburton
Rejecting Asbestos Settlements (1/27/02)
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Judge
Weiner Dismisses Unimpaired, Asymptomatic Asbestos
Lawsuits from Federal MDL Action (1/22/02)
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10 Reasons to Oppose
the Hyde Asbestos "Fairness" Bill, (6/21/99)
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Myths and
Facts about the Hyde "Fairness" Bill, (6/21/99)
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Urgent!
Tobacco/Asbestos Trust Fund Amendment Must Be Opposed! (5/5/98)
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Proposed
Bail Out, If Passed, Will Undermine Asbestos
Victims' Civil Rights (Updated 5/26/98)
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