Senate still at impasse over homeland security bill

Wednesday, October 2, 2002

WASHINGTON -- Legislation creating a Homeland Security Department to meet terrorist threats was on "life support" Tuesday after the Senate again failed to break an impasse over labor rights affecting thousands of workers who would be transferred.

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