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Senate vote expected soon on class action reform bill.(News)
Business Insurance, January, 2005 by Hofmann, Mark A.
Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN WASHINGTON-Tort reform supporters are praising Senate Republican leaders for keeping their word by pushing a class action reform bill to the front of the legislative lines. The latest version of the Class Action Fairness Act could be brought before the Senate as early as today, a spokeswoman for Sen.
Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said last week. A previous version of the bill had the support of 62 senators-two more than the 60 required to cut off filibusters-in the last Congress. But the measure failed to move to the floor because of differences between Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and Democratic backers of the measure over the number and nature of amendments that could be added to the bill. Sen. Grassley's spokeswoman...
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