Efforts are underway by Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., to resuscitate his asbestos legislation by modifying it in hopes of winning the 60 votes needed to keep it alive.
Lobbyists say Sen. Specter plans to bring a "new bill" directly to the Senate floor from the Senate Judiciary Committee as early as this week, when Congress returns from a 10-day recess, under an arcane parliamentary procedure known as Senate Rule 14.
To win the three votes the industry believes he needs to get to 60 and overcome the budget point of order that doomed the bill on Feb. 14, Sen. Specter is making some unspecified modifications.
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