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...sluggishness has drawn fierce criticism from citizen and environmental groups, prodding some congressmen into action. Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.) introduced a bill to force the EPA to enforce a ban on 2,4,5-T herbicide, but the bill has never received serious consideration in the Senate. Several private citizens are sueing the EPA, the Forestry Service and the Dow Chemical Company, one of the major manufacturers of the herbicide. Dow denies any responsibility and published the results of company-sponsored experiments that deny any connection between the adverse effects of dioxin dosage in lab animals and dioxin intake...
With renewed party support, topped off by an endorsement by Sen. Robert Dole (R-Kan.), Brooke has stressed his seniority and record in attempting to erase the effects of the court case...
Today, primary day. Gov. Michael S. Dukakis and Sen. Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass.) are up for re-election, and for the first time in three decades, three of the twelve congressional seats are vacant...
...Sen. William V. Roth (R-Del.), who with Rep. Jack F. Kemp (R-N.Y.) wrote the bill, called it overdue tax relief for working Americans...
...almost irresistibly attractive," Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen (D-Texas), vice-chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, said yesterday. "But it would obviously overwhelm our supply capacity and lead to roaring inflation, increase consumer prices and run up interest rates...