Word: norwood
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...Yeah, we?re still looking at two standout points of disagreement: The first is liability caps, how much a patient can sue for. The second is the question of venue for the lawsuits themselves. While the Norwood-Dingell-Gansky bill allows suits to be filed in state and federal courts, the Fletcher version allows only a tiny window into state courts...
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...
...Douglas Waller: The GOP leadership in the House began its serious vote-counting last night and it?s continuing today. At this point, they don?t have the votes to defeat the Norwood-Dingell-Gansky bill (which is similar to the McCain-Kennedy-Edwards bill that passed in the Senate). The Republicans are pushing the Fletcher bill, but at this point, they just don?t have the numbers...
...Cambridge Police Department (CPD) reported a Norwood resident was assaulted and hit in the back of the head by an assailant in the Harvard Square Pit. The victim suffered lacerations to the back of the head and facial bruising but refused medical treatment...
...they get him out of this fix? Fletcher got some Republicans to bolt from the Norwood bill to sign on to his. But even with Hastert and the GOP leadership behind him, he doesn't yet have a majority. Many moderate Republicans are holding off and only a few Democrats have defected to his measure. "A lot of Democratic members would like to vote for this bill but they're getting unprecedented pressure from their leadership to vote against it," Fletcher tells TIME. Fletcher isn't helped by the fact that the Senate finally passed the Kennedy-McCain-Edwards bill...