Retired coal miner says Bernie Sanders is doing more to help him than Mitch McConnell
At a town hall in West Virginia, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders earned praise from coal industry workers for doing what Mitch McConnell won’t.
“I’d never dreamed I’d get a chance to thank you personally for the bill that you cosponsored,” a retired coal miner told Sanders on Monday during a televised town hall event hosted by MSNBC’s Chris Hayes.
The coal miner was referencing the Miners Protection Act, a bill introduced by Sanders, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and 24 other lawmakers from both parties.
The bill would shore up health benefits for over 12,000 retired mine workers whose benefits are set to run out at the end of April. It would also help save their flagging pension plans. Read more (3/14/17 9:53 AM)