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		<title><![CDATA[Limited med mal bill proposed.(medical malpractice reform )(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADERS are continuing their efforts to force  votes on medical malpractice reform with the introduction of legislation  that would cap non-economic and punitive damages against emergency room  physicians and physicians who offer obste  SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADERS are continuing their efforts to force  votes...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tort battle threatens terrorism bill. (Late Breaking News).(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congressional negotiators are trying to hammer out a compromise  over terrorism insurance legislation, but some industry lobbyists fear  that the effort could still become stalemated over the thorny issue of  tort reform.    Several lobbyists told Natio  Congressional negotiators are trying to hammer out...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Punitive Damage Provision could derail Terrorism Bill. (Late Breaking News).(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creating a federal role in the market for terrorism insurance  remains a top priority for Congress this year, but the Senate remains at  loggerheads over the issue of punitive damages, an industry  representative says.    "I think [terrorism insura  Creating a federal role in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2001 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[House vote possible this week; Insurers still await action by Congress.(terrorism insurance)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_200111/ai_n20150434]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON-Insurers remain optimistic that Congress will pass some  sort of terrorism insurance bill before the end of the year.    Their hopes got a boost only days before Thanksgiving, when House  Majority leader Dick Armey, R-Texas, and Financial Ser  WASHINGTON-Insurers remain optimistic that Congress will...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2001 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Time Is Running Out On Passage Of Y2K Liability Bill.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_199906/ai_n20027721]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate took a difficult but necessary vote in the public  interest recently by passing a modest bill that would help reduce the  flood of litigation expected to arise from the Y2K computer bug.    The Senate legislation does not go as far as ma...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 1999 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Senate Passes Y2K Liability Bill But Cuts Back Punitive Damage Limits.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insurance groups are praising the U.S. Senate for passing a  modified Year 2000 liability bill aimed at reducing the expected flood  of litigation associated with the Y2K computer bug.    By a 62-37 vote, the Senate approved a version of the legislation  Insurance groups are...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 1999 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Y2K Bill Stalled In Senate.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legislation aimed at easing liability concerns arising from the  Year 2000 computer bug advanced last week in the House of  Representatives but appears stalled in the Senate.    The House Judiciary Committee last week approved by a 15-14 vote a  Y2K bil  Legislation aimed...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 1999 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Senate to vote on Y2K bill.(Year 2000 computer transition)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON-The Senate is expected to vote today on whether to  invoke cloture to allow formal debate to proceed on a bipartisan bill  designed to provide businesses with some protection against liability  stemming from the Year 2000 computer problem.     WASHINGTON-The Senate is expected to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 1999 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SENATE GIVES NOD TO SBA LOANS FOR Y2K-RELATED FIXES.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate has given overwhelming approval to legislation that  will help small businesses get more money to deal with their Year 2000  computer problems.    The legislation, approved 99-0 March 2, requires the Small Business  Administration to set  The U.S. Senate has given...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 1999 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Product Liability Bill Failure May Be Blessinq In Disguise.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_199807/ai_n20049209]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The apparent failure, following the recent crucial Senate procedural  vote, of the product liability reform proposal developed by the Clinton  administration and Senate leaders may prove to be a blessing in  disguise.  While the inability to move the contThe apparent failure, following the recent crucial Senate...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 1998 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[President willing to sign modest product liability bill. (Bill Clinton)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_199806/ai_n20140728]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Product liability reform advocates are optimistic that  they can beat the clock and get a modest, compromise product liability  reform bill to President Clinton before Congress adjourns in the fall.  The White House reached agreement with SenWASHINGTON - Product liability reform advocates are optimistic that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 1998 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Senate panel criticizes tobacco settlement terms.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_199707/ai_n20140986]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - New questions about details of the proposed $368.5  billion tobacco settlement underscore how far the controversial proposal  is from being a done deal.  As state attorneys general defended the proposed settlement to  members of the Senate JuWASHINGTON - New questions about details of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 1997 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Senate pushes product liability bill.(reform)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON--Insurance and business groups are pleased that the  Senate leadership included product liability reform as one of its  legislative priorities for the 105th Congress.     "We were certainly happy to see product liability included in  th   WASHINGTON--Insurance and business groups are pleased...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 1997 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Drive to change tort laws slows.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_199606/ai_n20159494]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Lawmakers build job reference shield  Tort reform advocates are gearing up for legislative battles in the  statehouses next year after this year's rather quiet performance.  Unlike 1995, when more than a dozen states enacted significant tort  reforms, 199Lawmakers build job reference shield  Tort reform advocates...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 1996 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Senate scales back bill to reform tort system.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_199505/ai_n20046270]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON--Tort reform advocates are expressing some disappointment  the U.S. Senate scaled back a broad tort reform proposal, but are still  applauding a product liability reform bill which the Senate approved  last week  "It is a step in the rightWASHINGTON--Tort reform advocates are expressing some disappointment ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 1995 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tort reform puts senate on hot seat.(Editorial)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_199504/ai_n20046179]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It will be a shame if the U.S. Senate caves in to trial lawyers by  watering down long overdue legislation that would impose some reasonable  restraints and predictability on outrageous jury verdicts.  Sadly, that is what the Senate seems poised to do. WhIt will be a shame...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 1995 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Senate needs to show some spine on punitive damages.(Editorial)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5557/is_199504/ai_n21980757]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Senate is backing away from passing legislation that would effectively discourage overly-large settlements in jury cases. However, such limits are badly needed to ease the insurance industry's burden of unfair awards. The House of Representatives has The Senate is backing away from passing legislation that would effectively discourage overly-large...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 1995 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tort reform opponents prepare for 'Armageddon.'(Senate bill debate)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5557/is_199503/ai_n21980706]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Tort reform legislation in the Senate will be opposed by consumer groups and trial lawyers. A reform bill was passed by the House that included caps on punitive damages, raised the standard of proof for punitive damages, and eliminated joint and several lTort reform legislation in the Senate will be...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 1995 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tort reform battle looms in Senate.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_199503/ai_n20042517]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - While a broad tort reform bill was recently approved by  the House of Representatives, reform opponents are planning an all-out  battle in the Senate, which they expect to win, according to the  president of the American Tort Reform AssociatiWASHINGTON - While a broad tort reform...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 1995 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Senate launches debate on product liability reform bill.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_199109/ai_n20048121]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Senate Launches Debate On Product Liability Reform Bill    WASHINGTON - The Senate Commerce Committee has begun an expedited  set of hearings on a product liability reform bill with 36 cosponsors -  the largest number in the measure's lengthy history in tSenate Launches Debate On Product...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 1991 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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