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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Firestone tire recall is spurring Con gress, normally reluctant to buck the auto industry, to rush ahead in its final weeks with legislation that gives federal safety regulators more power and money. Even “an imperfect piece of legis lation,” as Sen. John McCain called the bill that cleared his Commerce Committee last week, has gained mo mentum as lawmakers — and the public — learn more about Bridge stone/Firestone Inc.’s decision to re call 6.5 million tires. Federal safety regulators have heard from more than 2,200 people about blowouts, tread separation and other problems with Firestone tires. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigat ing reports of 101 deaths and more than 400 injuries. Recent hearings on Capitol Hill have focusing on determining when the tire maker and Ford Motor Co., which used many of the tires as orig inal equipment on Ford vehicles, knew there was a problem. “f don't think anyone can sup port any company deliberately hold ing back informa tion with knowl edge that it will cause serious in jury or death” beginning in August 1999, within , telling U.S. regulators. “1 don't think anyone can suppip any company deliberately holdiij back information with knowlei that it will cause serious injuryny death,” said Rep. Fred Upton, F< sponsoring legislation asarescj Deb — Fred Upton Michigan Representative Congressional investigators have turned up Bridgestone/Firestone tests from 1996 that suggested prob lems. Investigators also have contin ued to criticize Ford for holding back information on the recall of Fire stone tires in 16 foreign countries. of the tire recat "We have good standards on pro: nets in this country. We don’t to* those standards to slip,” said Uptor a pro-business Republican fey * n Boston or Michigan, home of the U.S. auto: I the first of t dustry, which he said will have: , I presidential tough time fighting the legislation, between presid NHTSA also has been criticis. Iiominees Vice for not opening its investigationflM Gore and G( Firestone until May even thoughlasf |ieorge W. Bus suits dating back a decade india field, claims of tread separation on thefog Third party < The agency has said Brids: fiates will be m stone/Firestone and Ford did notr: from all debate port complaints regarding thetireTponsor — the including overseas problems. Com panies are not obligated to rep foreign complaints and Ford didn alert NHTSA. Clinton optimistic of Democrat’s chances News in Brief Journalist Rowan dies at age 75 The Battalion Online offers access to The WIRE A 24-hour, multimedia news service for the Internet from The Associated Press The WIRE provides continuously updated news coverage from one of the world’s oldest, largest news services via The Battalion's web page. •A compreliensive, up-to-the-minute news report combining the latest AP stories with photos, graphics, sound and video. • Headlines and bulletins delivered as soon as news breaks. ■ Scrolling tickers for market prices and sports scores http://battalion.tamu.edu LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Clinton predicted Sunday that De mocrats could win a slim majority in the House but still will have to get along with the Republicans. “There will be an effort for bipartisan cooperation no matter what happens in the next election, because if we win the majority, it won’t be so big that we won't have to work with them,” Clinton said. The president spoke at a fundraiser for Rep. Lois Capps, a Santa Bar bara Democrat targeted by the GOP this year. The event was expected to raise an estimated $200,000. A swing of just six seats in the Republicans' current 222-211 majority could return the House to Democratic control for the first time since 1994. Clinton was making the rounds of two swing districts in California this weekend. The Capps stop followed a Saturday visit to San Jose to help De mocratic hopeful Mike Honda raise an estimated $*500,000. At Sunday’s event, Clinton offered only cautious hope fora Democratic ma jority in the Senate, where the Republican majority is 54-46.” We might even win the Senate back, but if we do, it will just be by a seat or so,” Clinton said. First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton hopes to hold on to the Democratic Sen ate seat now occupied by retiring New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. )ebates (CPD) Commission it c Rather, it is; nocrats and Re residential del tidates. The CPD's t xtrty candidate liately. The CPD wt Jvasis of two rep WASHINGTON (AP) — Cat Went: A Program Thomas Rowan, a well-knovr : mission on Nati commentator once called Amer ! Great Debates: ca’s “most visible black joumaCjjdential TV Del ist" for his eloquent columnsev 1 how and Cliffoi ploring race relations anc i “Electing the championing civil rights, died Sat ; hate forums in t urday. He was 75. Rowan died about 3 a.m. all Washington Hospital Center, 1 hospital spokesman LeRoy11| man said. Rowan died of natural causes, said his son, Carl Rowan Jr. His fa : ther had suffered from a variety of | hrges'thc two o' illnesses in recent years. Incl«t : such as !,' mg diabetes and heart problems The second , 3 ,11 Rowan J r. said the ai encol , ra „ cd , m , ments did not deter a man who . , p j d forged an extraordinary work eth- 1 3,. ic from his humble upbrmging pbtean parties during the Great Depression. san iesiLlenli al ‘ have now becoi The process of: nees can be enh rather than less. Increased by te5 pety of ways.” “To achieve Attend an Aggie Home Game in k mat news! to Area-Wide.Com, Click on Brazos Valley, Find The Zone logo and enter to win 2 tickets. One winner per home game. Win Tickets To The Zone! See Our Full-Color Coupon Section See Our Web Pages Visit our website at www.area-wide Area-Wide. Com... 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