Lawmakers have included $1.3 billion over 10 years to permanently fund retired coal miners' health care benefits in a budget deal that extends funding for the federal government through September 2017.
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-KY, majority leader in the Senate, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV, both released statements, with each claiming to have secured the money to fund the health care benefits of retired miners.
On March 1, 2017, 22,600 retired members of the United Mine Workers of America union were informed that their health care benefits would be terminated at the end of April.
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