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Archives of Asbestos Trust Fund Legislation
History
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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
- 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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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)
- Daschle,
Labor Nix Asbestos Fund Proposal (10/20/03)
- AFL-CIO,
Shut Out from Talks, Rebukes New Funding
"Agreement" as "Grossly Inadequate" (10/16/03)
- 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)
- Agreement
Reached on Asbestos Bill, NYT (10/16/03)
- 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
- US
Chamber: Asbestos Pushed Back in Senate
Queue (9/18/03)
- Asbestos Worker Calls "FAIR" a Farce and a Sham (8/14/03)
- Latest Draft
of Asbestos Trust Fund Act, S.1125 (7/28/03)
- Hatch Flogs Asbestos
Legislation Past Doubting Specter and Judiciary Democrats Onto Senate Floor
(7/16/03) RGW,PC
- Timing of Asbestos Bill
in Senate Uncertain (7/15/03)
- Panel OKs Bill
Creating Asbestos Fund (7/11/03)
- Labor Raises New
Concerns About Asbestos Fund (7/10/03)
- Asbestos Trust Fund
a Business Windfall? (7/10/03)
- Take Action!
Urge Your Senator to Defeat not "Fix" S. 1125.
Click
here for bullet points, reference and legislative history. (7/1/03)
- Sen. Hatch's Promises
Of Swift Compensation Under S. 1125 Refuted By Asbestos Cancer Advocate. (7/1/03)
- 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
- Asbestos Cancer Survivors
Take Action Against Inhumane Asbestos Trust/Bail Out Bill (SB 1125) (6/6/03)
- Proposed SB 1125 Opposition
Letter, Courtesy of NYCOSH (6/3/03)
- MARF to Sen. Hatch
"Resolve the Injury by Curing the Cancer!"
(6/3/03)
- 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
- Asbestos Cancer Claimant
to US Senate: "Reject Inhumane Trust Fund Corporate Bailout!" Please read (5/29/03)
- 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
- Ralph Nader Addresses Texas Legislators on House Bill 4 (5/22/03)
- 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)
- Senator Hatch Wants
Asbestos Bill Quickly (3/6/03)
- Tackling Asbestos Reform (3/6/03)
- Halliburton Sees
Asbestos Exposure at $600 Million Through 2015 (9/3/02)
- Former Circuit Court Judge
Explains Crisis in Asbestos Litigation (7/8/02)
- 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)
- Judge Weiner Dismisses
Unimpaired, Asymptomatic Asbestos Lawsuits from Federal MDL Action (1/22/02)
- 10 Reasons to Oppose the Hyde
Asbestos "Fairness" Bill, (6/21/99)
- Myths and Facts about the Hyde
"Fairness" Bill, (6/21/99)
- 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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