President's Proposed Remedy to Curb Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Stalls

Senate Deadlocks; Democrats Plan To Use Filibuster

By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and John F. Harris

Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, April 3, 2005; Page A05

Almost everywhere President Bush traveled on the campaign trail last year, he lashed out at plaintiffs' lawyers for filing "junk lawsuits" that he said were sending the cost of health care out of sight.

These days the president rarely mentions the topic, and the effort in Congress to rein in medical malpractice litigation has stalled, according to proponents and opponents of the bill.