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WASHINGTON --Efforts are underway by Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa.,to resuscitate his asbestos legislation by modifying it to attractthe 60 votes he needs on the Senate floor to keep it alive.
Privately, industry officials and trade group lobbyists saidthey doubted Sen. Specter's new game plan for his bill would workbecause it would still be subject not only to a budget point oforder but also to a filibuster. The inability of Sen. Specter andthe bill's supporters to get the 60 votes needed to overcome abudget point of order doomed the bill on the Senate floor Feb.14.
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