11. Several Republicans said they trusted the Senate to improve the bill by deleting provisions that they consider onerous or unworkable. 12. That provision has been deleted in the new guidelines, which the department sent to U.S. attorneys two weeks ago. 13. That provision has been deleted in the new guidelines. 14. That overreach complicated the debate over negotiating-authority renewal, and the renewal provision was deleted from GATT legislation lest it bring down the entire agreement. 15. That provision should be deleted. 16. The final bill was watered down, deleting provisions awarding treble damages and adding others requiring the losers in such suits to pay the legal costs of both sides. 17. The legislative materials contain no indication why the habitat protection provision was deleted. 18. This provision was deleted from the Senate bill when it was debated on the floor. 19. But that provision later was deleted when it was introduced by Sen. Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska. 20. He was hoping to build momentum to delete similar provisions from other bills. |