Specter Makes New Offer on Asbestos

By Arthur D. Postal, Washington Bureau Chief

NU Online News Service, Jan. 5, 4:25 p.m.EST?Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., chairman of the SenateJudiciary Committee, has scheduled a Tuesday hearing on asbestoslegislation as a first step in moving such legislation through hiscommittee rapidly despite strong signs that defendants and insurersare dead set against the principles and substances in Sen.Specter's bill.[@@]

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