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Awaiting a winner; Industry agenda put on hold.
Business Insurance, November, 2000 by HOFMANN, MARK A.
WASHINGTON-Uncertainty-a condition that fills insurers and risk managers with dread-will likely cloud their federal legislative agenda for quite some time as a result of a presidential election that was still inconclusive late last week. Tort reform, insurance regulation, even the fate of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's controversial ergonomics proposal, could hinge on who sits in the White House and Congress.
``For the most part, I see a continuation of the same kinds of House and Senate we've had, with perhaps the only change being that now the majorities have narrowed somewhat, and that the governing coalitions will be conservative Democrats and moderate Republicans,'' said David Farmer, senior vp-government affairs for the Alliance...
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