The Senate voted to send the asbestos bill back to the Senate Judiciary Committee after languishing for several days on the Senate floor. This issue has been in the works for nearly thirty years. The bill would create a $140B trust fund from those who were affected by asbestos. The trust fund would be paid for by companies who owned the businesses that had asbestos. The bill failed to get 60 votes needed to keep the bill on the Senate calendar. It is likely to get reconsidered at a later date.
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