Ohio Democrat calls passage of union bailout provision 'best day of my Senate life'
Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown called Senate passage of President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID spending package “the best day of my Senate life” because it includes an $86 billion taxpayer bailout for 185 union pension plans.
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“It was the best day of my Senate career. It is writ large. It's also that for five years, I've been working on pensions," Brown told reporters on Capitol Hill on Saturday.
The overall bill, the American Rescue Plan, now heads to the House. Its union pension provision would allow certain multiemployer pensions to apply for federal grant funding, which union workers could put toward paying for retirement benefits. Multiemployer pension pay benefits to union workers in industries such as construction, manufacturing, mining, retail transportation, and entertainment.
The bill passed 50-49. Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan was absent. The House passed the legislation last week, and Senate Democrats altered the bill to placate party moderates and follow Senate rules that that enabled them to pass it without GOP support. Senate Democrats removed the measure provision that mandated a $15 minimum wage and agreed to lessen the monthly enhanced unemployment insurance pay from $400 to $300.
“This is the best day of my Senate life," Brown said. "It really is, because we won on so many big things. We passed so many big things. The public won.”
Tags: News, Sherrod Brown, Stimulus, Pensions, Unions
Original Author: Kerry Picket
Original Location: Ohio Democrat calls passage of union bailout provision 'best day of my Senate life'
“It was the best day of my Senate career. It is writ large. It's also that for five years, I've been working on pensions," Brown told reporters on Capitol Hill on Saturday.
The overall bill, the American Rescue Plan, now heads to the House. Its union pension provision would allow certain multiemployer pensions to apply for federal grant funding, which union workers could put toward paying for retirement benefits. Multiemployer pension pay benefits to union workers in industries such as construction, manufacturing, mining, retail transportation, and entertainment.
The bill passed 50-49. Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan was absent. The House passed the legislation last week, and Senate Democrats altered the bill to placate party moderates and follow Senate rules that that enabled them to pass it without GOP support. Senate Democrats removed the measure provision that mandated a $15 minimum wage and agreed to lessen the monthly enhanced unemployment insurance pay from $400 to $300.
“This is the best day of my Senate life," Brown said. "It really is, because we won on so many big things. We passed so many big things. The public won.”
Tags: News, Sherrod Brown, Stimulus, Pensions, Unions
Original Author: Kerry Picket
Original Location: Ohio Democrat calls passage of union bailout provision 'best day of my Senate life'
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