The White House whips Frist into line. Majority Leader commits to a phase-out bill this year, after having said the opposite only two days ago.
CQ provides Frist’s feeble denial that he was manhandled by the White House: “I havenât talked to anybody … I said it could be a month or a year. From that, everybody was saying itâs going to be more than a year. I wanted to make it clear Iâm going to be aggressive with it and it will be coming up this year.”
