WASHINGTON–Efforts are underway by Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., to resuscitate his asbestos legislation by modifying it to attract the 60 votes he needs on the Senate floor to keep it alive.
Privately, industry officials and trade group lobbyists said they doubted Sen. Specter's new game plan for his bill would work because it would still be subject not only to a budget point of order but also to a filibuster. The inability of Sen. Specter and the bill's supporters to get the 60 votes needed to overcome a budget point of order doomed the bill on the Senate floor Feb. 14.
Moreover, Sen. Specter has as yet failed to persuade Sen. William Frist, R-Tenn., the Senate majority leader, that he has the votes to get the bill through. Sen. Frist must approve floor time for the asbestos bill in order to start the process.
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