Give Senator Mike Enzi, a freshman Republican from Wyoming, credit for this: he's persistent. After coming out with a bill to reform OSHA earlier this year, he introduced a new version on September 30th that has more support among Republicans than any OSHA bill crafted since the GOP took control of Congress in 1994-and there have been at least a half-dozen.
The Safety Advancement for Employees Act (SAFE) combines all of Enzi's previously introduced OSHA bill with some provisions from another bill that had been introduced by Senator Judd Gregg (R-Vt.). Co-sponsors of SAFE include Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.), Senate Labor Committee Chairman Jim Jeffords (R-Vt.), and Public Health and Safety Labor Committee Chairman Bill Frist (R-Tenn.).