P127 MTV3 p127 .Ma 06 Hel 2144:08 1/2 HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO STAY OUT OF BASEBALL STRIKE WASHINGTON, FEB 6 (REUTER) - HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADERS DO NOT BELIEVE CONGRESS SHOULD INTERVENE IN THE BASEBALL STRIKE, REP. JOHN BOEHNER, R-OHIO, SAID AT A NEWS CONFERENCE WHERE HE SUBSTITUTED FOR HOUSE SPEAKER NEWT GINGRICH. "I BELIEVE, AS DOES THE SPEAKER, IN THIS CASE THAT WE SHOULD NOT INVOLVE OURSELVES IN THIS DISPUTE," HE SAID. ASKED ABOUT CALLS FOR CONGRESS TO END THE OWNERS' ANTITRUST EXEMPTION, BOEHNER SAID THE CURRENT STRIKE WAS NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE ... <126 128>

P127 MTV3 p127 .Ma 06 Hel 2141:14 2/2 HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO STAY OUT OF BASEBALL STRIKE ... EXEMPTION. "THE ANTITRUST EXEMPTION HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 70 YEARS. THIS DISPUTE IN NO WAY DIRECTLY IMPACTS ON THAT ANTITRUST EXEMPTION," HE SAID. <126 128>