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Ergonomics rule may not have long lifetime.

Business First of Buffalo

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President Bush has indicated he will sign a a bill to overturn the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's ergonomics regulation, should it reach his desk.

The Senate passed a resolution March 6 voiding the regulation, asserting its authority under the never-before-used Congressional Review Act.

Republican House leaders were expected to move quickly to follow suit, thus sending the measure to the president.

Despite a furious last-ditch lobbying effort by the AFL-CIO, the business community's decade-long effort to stop the ...

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