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NFL commissioner asks Congress to help protect sports leagues' drug programs from state law
Nov 3rd, 2009 - StarTribune
WASHINGTON - Arguing that sports leagues' drug programs could be "gutted" if not protected from individual states' laws, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell asked...U.S. Rep: States threaten to make NFL drug policy unenforceable
Nov 3rd, 2009 - USA Today
WASHINGTON (AP) A key lawmaker said Tuesday that recent court decisions blocking suspensions of two NFL players threaten to undermine progress made in reducing performance-enhancing drug use among athletes at all levels.
Waxman: Decisions threaten progress on steroids
Nov 3rd, 2009 - Washington Post
WASHINGTON -- A key lawmaker said Tuesday that recent court decisions blocking suspensions of two NFL players threaten to undermine progress made in reducing performance-enhancing drug use among athletes at all levels.
"If these rulings prevail...N.F.L. Seeks Congressional Help on Drug Policy
Nov 3rd, 2009 - New York Times
Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the National Football League, will ask Congress on Tuesday to change federal labor laws to prevent states from interfering with the leagues efforts to enforce its banned substances policy.
US House Democrats Offer Medicare Physician Payment Fix
Oct 29th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--House Democratic leaders on Thursday introduced a bill that would scrap Medicare's physician payment system and create a new one, thereby avoiding deep cuts in payments to doctors in future years. The bill...



