1. But after an expensive lobbying campaign by the cigarette makers, the national pact died in the Senate and the administration realized none of the anticipated revenue. 2. But Meehan endorsed the effort to spare Liggett from the harsher terms of the proposed national pact. 3. If lawmakers approve the national pact, the enforcement money would be provided by tobacco companies instead of taxpayers. 4. Instead, eight opposition parties have adopted a national pact reached in a meeting held in Rome this past January. 5. It was the first local contract dispute since the auto maker reached a new national pact last fall. 6. Nurses in Southern California, and in other states where Kaiser has offices, have joined SEIU and the other unions in what is a national pact. 7. President Bill Clinton is reviewing the national pact, and is expected to issue his opinion of it in September. 8. President Clinton is reviewing the national pact, and is expected to issue his opinion of it in September. 9. The fees issue was important because some opponents of the national pact have sought to limit how much the lawyers could make. 10. Under a national pact which ended the civil war, they agreed to share power with the Muslims, who now slightly outnumber them. |