Bill deflated.

• Position: STATELINE - Banning of helium-filled metallic balloons - Brief article

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California reached a compromise over the fate of helium-filled metallic balloons late this summer. Senator Jack Scott had wanted to completely ban sale of the balloons, which utility companies say cause severe power outages--more than 800 last year in California alone. But the issue got so blown up that he agreed to withdraw the ban idea and call instead for a privately funded study of...