Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, July 18, 1990 TAG: 9007180447
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: B-7 EDITION: EVENING
SOURCE: The New York Times
DATELINE: WASHINGTON LENGTH: Short
But two similar efforts to legislate quotas in the last five years failed when President Ronald Reagan vetoed them and the vetoes were sustained.
The Bush administration has signaled its own veto intentions, leading many analysts to predict the same fate for the Textile, Apparel and Footwear Trade Act of 1990.
The analysts saw Tuesday's action as a way for senators to show support for the domestic mills and labor unions that have been lobbying hard for the bill without fear of broader consequences, since expectations of enactment are low.
Also working against the bill's chances is a crack in the once solid coalition that had supported textile quota bills in the past.
An apparel trade association representing two-thirds of domestic production, the American Apparel Manufacturers Association, announced it was not supporting the bill. Nor is it opposing it.
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