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OCT-08-98 12:37 FROM: TOBACCO-FREE KIDS ID: 2022965427 PAGE 4/4 CongressDailyAM MENDAY TUSSDAY MEDNESCY THURSDAY OCT. 8, 1998 Tobacco Issue Snags Omnibus Bill TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS COMPREHENSIVE to- tors, led by Kay Bailey Hutchison, HEALTH bacco legislation R-Texas, Bob Graham. D-Fla.. and Con- Floor Schedule may be dead, but the tobacco issue nie Mack. R-Fla., wants to remove the Senate could yet complicate completion of the threat of Washington trying to claim Convenes at 9:30 a.m. to consider omnibus spending bill now taking shape any of the lawsuit proceeds. the VA-HUD appropriations confer- Senators from states that already "For HCFA to now seek to obtain a ence report, the Internet tax bill. have settled with tobacco companies portion of these funds. using arbitrary The Senate may also consider the are pushing a provision — apparently claims and damage allocations, will Intelligence authorization bill and with some success that would greatly disrupt the ability of these any other item that can be cleared waive the federal government's claim states to prosecute their claims for for action. Roll call votes will begin to any of the funds. the direct benefit of their residents." at 11 a.m. At stake is up to $200 billion re- 11 senators. including Majority Leader House portedly on the table in a huge, mul- Lott, said in a letter to appropriators. Not available. tistate settlement between state at- States that have settled claims are torneys general and tobacco manu- Mississippi. Florida. Texas. and Min- facturers. nesota. (Committee schedules begin on page 13.) The Health Care Financing Admin- A staffer for one of the members istration has said the federal govern- involved in the effort said the provi- ment is entitled to a share of any set- sion is needed to head off "years of Inside Stories tlement funds attributable to spend- protracted litigation" between the fed- On The Money ing from Medicaid - a joint federal- eral government and state govern- McCain brings out the bacon. state program. ments over who should get the money. page 5. But the states say that their lawsuits. Under the provision. states them- House Race Hotline Extra filed and pursued with no assistance selves would pay $1.7 billion that the Airwave assaults from indepen- from Washington. are based on a wide CBO projects the federal government dent groups may not affect Cam- variety of claims — including fraud. would lose. by allowing it to be with- paign 98 so much after all. page T. racketeering and consumer protection. held from their Medicaid payments. Now a bipartisan group of sena- Surprisingly. continued on page 10 farm disaster package is not enough to keep farmers from going bankrupt. Health sue want a portion of the money- rang- Behner. appearing at a new con- Continued from page I ing from 30 to 50 percent — "fenced off" ference, declined to answer questions for tobacco control programs. about possible grounds for compromise the provision has not been labeled "It would be extremely sighted with the White House. House Agricul- "veto-bait" by the administration. not to use these resources to reduce ture Chairman Smith and House Agri- Sources close to the negotiations, the cause of the disease that led to the culture Appropriations Chairman Joe however, said the administration is not need for the recovery in the first place." Skeen, R-N.M.. appeared with him. likely to agree to the provision unless the American Lung Association said in Asked whether farmers in his states promise to spend the money on a letter to Appropriations leaders. wheat- rowing district consider the administration priorities such as ed- ENACT. the coalition of public bailout package large enough to deal ucation. child care and health care. health groups working on tobacco leg- with their problems. Rep. George That. in turn, has set off a related islation, also urged that a portion of Nethercutt R-Wash.. said he is re- controversy. Public health groups that the funds be set aside. ceiving "mixed messages." have been working on the tobacco is- - BY JULIE ROVNER

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