U.S. House Passes Pension-Saving Butch Lewis Act

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U.S. House Passes Pension-Saving Butch Lewis Act

海角破解版 | By Phillip Grant,

Published July 25, 2019 at 7:27 PM EDT

photo of Sherrod Brown — Sen. Sherrod Brown

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure to save the pensions of 60,000 Ohio workers. Now the bill is up for consideration in the Senate.

is named after a late Cincinnati Teamster who fought pension cuts. It would create a loan program to help failing pension plans meet their commitments.

The Democratic-controlled House overwhelmingly passed the measure.

Sen. hopes that Republican Senate Leader , from Kentucky, keeps the coal miners and Teamsters he represents in mind.

鈥淐oal miners only get about a $600 pension, and their widows only get about a $600 pension now. And to think that should be cut in half is just cruel and inhumane. I can鈥檛 say it any other way. I鈥檓 hopeful Sen. McConnell will finally work with us on this and move forward,鈥� Brown said.

photo of Rita Lewis and Sherrod Brown — Rita Lewis, the widow of the late Butch Lewis, and Sen. Sherrod Brown pause for a photograph the night of the State of the Union address.

Brown has 27 co-sponsors for the bill. He鈥檚 been working with Butch Lewis鈥� widow, Rita Lewis, to encourage support.

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