WASHINGTON ― With less than a day to go before the government shuts down, a handful of Senate Democrats are demanding Republicans include a one-year extension of health benefits for coal miners in the year-end spending bill.
Despite a year of campaign promises to fight for the “working man” and vows by Donald Trump to keep coal miners employed, the president-elect has yet to chime in on the battle raging in the Senate.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) hasn’t mentioned Trump by name, but scolded his colleagues Thursday for touting promises in election ads that they are for the middle and working class but then backing down when miners stand to lose health benefits by Dec. 31.
Despite a year of campaign promises to fight for the “working man” and vows by Donald Trump to keep coal miners employed, the president-elect has yet to chime in on the battle raging in the Senate.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) hasn’t mentioned Trump by name, but scolded his colleagues Thursday for touting promises in election ads that they are for the middle and working class but then backing down when miners stand to lose health benefits by Dec. 31.
