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Special interests overtake homeland security.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-JAN-03
Format: Online - approximately 751 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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After the Senate ensured that an amendment laden with special interest provisions became part of the recently signed Homeland Security Act, all eyes will focus on Senate leadership as the 108th Congress convenes later this month.

Before adjourning the 107th Congress, the Senate gathered to vote on the homeland security bill, which, at nearly 500 pages, included seven tacked-on, special interest provisions. One created new liability protection for pharmaceutical companies that make thimerosal, a mercury-based vaccine preservative. Some parents say thimerosal caused their children's autism or other neurological injury.

The provision "basically give[s] a `get-out-of-court-free card' to Eli Lilly and other manufacturers of thimerosal," said Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). "Let's be...

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