May 31, 2004
OH, SO THAT'S WHAT "RAM" MEANS
GOP looks to limit class-action suits (Jesse J. Holland, AP, 5/31/04)
After trying to curb class-action suits for years, Republicans finally have enough support to ram legislation through the Senate to limit what they call an overabundance of frivolous cases against American businesses. . . .It means Republicans gaining a supermajority to stop the Democratic minority from blocking a vote. Posted by David Cohen at May 31, 2004 7:07 PMGOP senators fell one vote short of achieving a filibuster-proof, 60-vote majority in October. But now several Democrats, including Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and Charles Schumer of New York, have agreed to support the legislation.
Comments
We can only hope that Congress will actually be able to get something to the President, this time.
Although far more energy, emotion, and words are spent on gay marriage, tort reform, or the lack thereof, is a far more important issue and will impact America far more.
Posted by: Michael Herdegen at June 1, 2004 9:18 AM