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February 15, 2000 Hospitals Plan E-mail Campaign About Medicare Cutbacks Hospitals and their lobbyists are planning an e-mail blitz in March to members of Congress to convince them that they are still

February 14, 2000 Sharpe Files Files Proposed Plan Sharpe Resources Corp.'s wholly owned subsidiary, Sharpe Energy Co., announced Friday that on Feb. 9, the company filed its final proposed

February 11, 2000 Kevyn Orr Appointed Acting Director of EOUST Kevyn D. Orr has been appointed Acting Director of the Executive Office for United States Trustees (EOUST), effective Feb. 12, to fill

February 10, 2000 Borrower Delinquency Rates Improve in Fourth Quarter Borrower delinquency rates generally continued to decline in the fourth quarter of 1999, according to a report issued by Trans

February 9, 2000 Senate Pauses Before Naming Conferees on Legislation The next step for S. 625/H.R. 833 is a House-Senate conference committee to reconcile the differences in the bills. The Senate

February 8, 2000 Consumer Borrowing in December Grew at 9.7 Percent Consumer borrowing, excluding mortgage debt, grew at a higher-than-expected annual rate of 9.7 percent during December, rising to a

February 7, 2000 H.R. 833-S. 625 Conference Process Now that the Senate passed S. 625, the bill will go to conference, along with the House bankruptcy bill, H.R. 833. The conference members from both

February 4, 2000 White House Comments on Bankruptcy Overhaul When questioned yesterday about whether President Clinton is prepared to veto the bankruptcy bill as passed by the Senate this week, White

February 3, 2000 Senate Passes S. 625, Bill Heads to Conference with House Yesterday afternoon the Senate approved the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2000 (S. 625) by a vote of 83-14, clearing the way for

February 2, 2000 Final Vote on S. 625 Expected Today at Noon The Senate will reconvene this morning at 9:30 a.m. and begin debate on remaining amendments to S. 625, including a controversial amendment