Word: bille
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...WHAT THEY GOT] --NOTHING YET The Senate version of the provision is attached to a controversial African-trade bill that's still pending. The House has passed the trade bill without the Caribbean element...
...UPSHOT] If the Senate bill passes, differences must be hammered out with the House. The two chambers could be at odds over key provisions involving whether imported apparel must be made of U.S. fabrics...
...ISSUE] If the lights go out at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, who gets sued? The bill in Congress proposed to limit corporate liability for Y2K computer bugs...
...UPSHOT] Too big a victory for the bankers. Hillary Clinton has attacked the legislation as unfair to women and children, and even Republican Henry Hyde said the House bill is too pro-creditor. The Senate may bring it up next year. The House bill had a veto-proof majority...
...ISSUE] A bill to let Caribbean and Central American countries export apparel to the U.S. duty and quota free, provided that the goods are made of U.S. fabrics...