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Article: Election day will be a factor in product liability reform. (1996 presidential elections)
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- Tooling & Production
- Article date:
- August 1, 1996
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Product liability reform legislation, which President Clinton cold-cocked in May, is almost certain to resurface on Capitol Hill next year. But whether it gets off the Hill and into the law-books depends on what happens Election Day, says the vice president of government relations for AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology.
"People who are interested in the issue," says AMT's James H Mack, "need to get involved to make sure that the right people get back and the wrong people don't get back - from the House to the Senate to the President."
As part of the vanguard of product liability reform, AMT and its members know well the importance of counting ...