This year, senators had an extra personal incentive to pass a budget plan.

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Their strategy: trading a safety who normally helps cornerbacks with pass coverage for an extra tackler near the line.

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He is trying to convince the commission's budget keepers to come up with the extra money for orphan drugs and hopes for a compromise by June, in which case the legislation can pass to the European Parliament for approval, and be adopted by member states in 2000.

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