Thursday, April 08, 2004
Senate Urges Stronger Steroids Testing for Baseball
Today the U.S. Senate passed a nonbinding resolution urging MLB to adopt stronger steroids testing. Senators John McCain and Byron Dorgan warn that unless the owners and players act within two months, "obviously we have to explore other options," like "real legislation."
(Interestingly, Sen. Dorgan's former chief of staff, who's married to his fellow North Dakota Senator Kent Conrad, is also MLB's chief lobbyist on Capitol Hill.)
Any bill the Senate passes could face trouble in the House of Representatives, where Judiciary Committee chairman James Sensenbrenner has said that Congress should not intervene in a collective bargaining dispute.
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Today the U.S. Senate passed a nonbinding resolution urging MLB to adopt stronger steroids testing. Senators John McCain and Byron Dorgan warn that unless the owners and players act within two months, "obviously we have to explore other options," like "real legislation."
(Interestingly, Sen. Dorgan's former chief of staff, who's married to his fellow North Dakota Senator Kent Conrad, is also MLB's chief lobbyist on Capitol Hill.)
Any bill the Senate passes could face trouble in the House of Representatives, where Judiciary Committee chairman James Sensenbrenner has said that Congress should not intervene in a collective bargaining dispute.
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