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...and the Democrats have done in the last few days has been very detrimental to getting a bill enacted,'' said Sen. Don Nickles, R-Okla., GOP whip and chairman of a House-Senate committee working on compromise legislation. Senate Republicans...
...would be capped to unspecified amounts and class actions suits would be prohibited under new proposals offered by Sen. Don Nickles, R-Okla., chairman of a House-Senate committee working on compromise legislation giving Americans a stronger...
...We offered a significant compromise proposal'' on several contested points in patient rights legislation, Sen. Don Nickles., R-Okla., said Thursday night as Republicans maneuvered their plan past Democrats on a 51-47 vote. But Sen...
...senators are accusing Clinton of tapping the oil reserve to help Vice President Al Gore's presidential bid. Sen. Don Nickles, R-Okla., speaking Tuesday, said: "The emergency oil is for a severe shortage and not to help a candidate seven...
...patients in dealing with their HMOs. Bargainers met late into the night in the Capitol office of Senate Republican Whip Don Nickles, who has played the lead role in talks -- now suspended -- aimed at reaching agreement with Democrats on the bill...
...embarks on a weeklong Memorial Day recess. "We're planning on getting it done before we get out of here," said Sen. Don Nickles, R-Okla., the assistant Senate Republican leader. The key to a deal is finding a way to keep enough of the tax...
...Republicans in the Senate -- Delaware Sen. William Roth, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senate GOP Whip Don Nickles of Oklahoma. Roth, saying the loophole threatens to cost the government $127 billion over the next 10 years, is...
...many cases not even appreciated, so I'm afraid the net result is a lot of employers would drop health care," Sen. Don Nickles of Oklahoma, the Republican whip, said Sunday in CBS' "Face the Nation." "We shouldn't do harm. We shouldn't...
...deduction, and provisions for lower-income people would remain in the bill. "I hope it can come together," said Sen. Don Nickles, an Oklahoma Republican who is a member of the House-Senate conference committee. "I think it can." Despite the...
...regulations, as did six Democrats. The White House called the rules "vague and cumbersome." And Senate Majority Whip Don Nickles, R-Okla., who led the effort, said the ergonomics standard was the "most intrusive, expensive and job-killing...