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After a brief respite, the Patients? Bill of Rights is back in the spotlight on Capitol Hill. Still stinging from the McCain Kennedy Edwards bill's triumph in the Senate, GOP leaders are scrambling for votes to defeat a version passing through the House (Charlie Norwood, a Georgia Republican, is spearheading the bill favored by Democrats). Meanwhile, insurance companies and trial lawyers across the country are biting their fingernails in anticipation. They may have to suffer a while longer; while many hoped the House would move quickly on the bill, behind-the-scenes maneuvers mean an actual vote...
...should he not give the go-ahead to federal funding for embryonic stem cell research? Frist's proposal gave the White House a keyhole to wiggle through, and also the reassurance that even though Bush will weather some criticism, he'll have support from the conservative wing of the GOP...
...First, in a show of GOP loyalty that will almost certainly not survive a broader vote in the full House (and forget about the Senate), the Resources Committee forwarded by a 26-17 vote the Administration's plan to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and exempt oil companies for two years from paying government royalties on oil obtained under new drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico. Taking notes for Senate Democrats, Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., called the product a $7.4 billion ''grab bag of goodies for big oil'' and an ''unprecedented assault on our resources...
...Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, the Senate took its swing at the topic, and unfamiliar fault lines divided longtime GOP allies. Noted abortion foe Bill Frist of Tennessee joined Utah?s Orrin Hatch in his support for federal funding, while Sam Brownback of Kansas stepped in line behind Majority Leader Trent Lott, voicing his opposition to earmarking federal funds for the controversial research...
...arcane wars of the House, this was a victory for Gephardt and a stinging blow for Hastert. But Hastert, who controls what legislation gets to the floor, held the trump card for the moment, announcing that he had "no plan to bring up this bill now." But with 19 GOP rebels now in his camp, Gephardt will pressure Hastert this week to change his mind. If Hastert doesn't, Gephardt will try to get a majority of House members to sign a "discharge petition," which can force a vote on a bill the leadership refuses to bring to the floor...