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March 1, 2005 Bankruptcy Backers Prepare to Fight Amendments, Filibuster As the Senate began debate yesterday on a bipartisan bill to overhaul the nation’s bankruptcy laws, Democrats prepared to offer

February 28, 2005 Senate Begins Debate on Bankruptcy Bill Today Senate debate on the bankruptcy bill begins this afternoon, CongressDaily reported. The financial services industry has been pushing for

February 25, 2005 Senate to Focus on Bankruptcy Bill Before Easter Recess The Senate will reconvene on Monday and will start debate on bankruptcy legislation, CongressDaily reported. Although

February 24, 2005 Senate Majority Leader Supports Bush Effort to Curb Frivolous Lawsuits Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R–Tenn.) said on Monday that he will keep pushing for measures to limit

February 23, 2005 Consumer Confidence Slips A widely watched indicator of consumers’ confidence in the economy slipped in February but remained well above its levels a year ago, a private research

February 22, 2005 Economic Growth Expected to Dip in 2005 Economic growth will slow this year but will still be sufficient to reduce the nation’s unemployment rate, business economists say, the

February 21, 2005 Bush Signs Class-action Legislation President Bush on Friday signed the class-action bill and pledged to work with Congress for asbestos litigation and medical liability overhaul

February 18, 2005 Senate Fight Awaits Bankruptcy Overhaul A fight lies ahead on the Senate floor for the bankruptcy overhaul measure that was approved yesterday by the Senate Judiciary Committee on a

February 17, 2005 House Looking to Senate to Help Expedite Bankruptcy Bill House Republican Conference Chairwoman Deborah Pryce of Ohio said yesterday the House might follow a pattern of allowing the

February 16, 2005 Democrats to Offer Several Amendments to Bankruptcy Bill Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats plan to offer several amendments during Thursday’s markup of legislation to overhaul the