He was the author of Chapter 13 bankruptcy legislation.

The Senate has yet to set a timetable to consider any sort of bankruptcy legislation, he said.

A similar veto threat last year helped to kill bankruptcy legislation.

March 23 - Lithuanian government approves of personal bankruptcy legislation.

"For a while they were trying to attach the bankruptcy legislation to it too."

That safety net is threatened, some critics say, by the bankruptcy legislation now before Congress.

On April 1 bankruptcy legislation came into effect obliging all unprofitable concerns to close.

The study is sure to affect the debate when Congress again takes up bankruptcy legislation next year.

In addition to completing bankruptcy legislation, the groups face their biggest test over two other tort revisions.

The measure was in earlier bankruptcy legislation, which failed as a result.