Insurers Quail At Specter Rapid Asbestos Vote Plan

By Arthur D. Postal, Washington Bureau Chief

NU Online News Service, Dec. 7, 11:59 a.m. EST, Washington?Despite insurance interests' grave worries about the language of his asbestos claims bill, the incoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee has told lobbyists he wants to whiz it to the floor by Jan 29.[@@]

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