60 U.S. Senators now support historic
Railroad Retirement Reform bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 20) - As of Tuesday, 60 U.S. Senators - including 33 Democrats and 27 Republicans - have publicly pledged to support quick action on the Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2000.

Since Friday, 13 Senators have joined the 47 who had previously signed on to a letter sent to the leadership of the Senate Finance Committee expressing "support for and quick action on the Railroad Retirement Reform proposal."

"We now have well above a majority in the U.S. Senate," said UTU International President Charles L. Little. "The Railroad Retirement Reform legislation is moving at high speed through the Senate."

The Republican Senators who signed the letter include: Spencer Abraham (Mich.), John Ashcroft (Mo.), Robert Bennett (Ut.), Sam Brownback (Kan.), Jim Bunning (Ken.), Conrad Burns (Mon.), Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Co.), Lincoln Chafee (R.I.), Thad Cochran (Miss.), Larry Craig (Id.), Mike Crapo (Id.), Michael DeWine (Oh), Slade Gorton (Wash.), Rod Grams (Minn.), Charles Grassley (Ia.), Charles Hagel (Neb.), Orrin Hatch (Ut.), Jesse Helms (N.C.), Tim Hutchinson (Ar.), Richard Lugar (Ind.), Pat Roberts (Kan.), Rick Santorum (Pa.), Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Arlen Specter (Pa.), Ted Stevens (Alaska), Strom Thurmond (S.C.), John Warner (Va.),

The Democratic Senators who signed the letter include: Daniel Akaka (Ha.), Max Baucus (Mon.), Evan Bayh (Ind.), Joseph Biden (Del.), Jeff Bingaman, (D-N.M.), John Breaux (La.), Max Cleland (Ga.), Kent Conrad (N.D.), Tom Daschle (S.D.), Christopher Dodd (Ct.), Bryon Dorgan (N.D.), Richard Durbin (Ill.), John Edwards (N.C.), Diane Feinstein (D-Cal.), Tom Harkin (Ia.), Ernest Hollings (S.C.), Tim Johnson (S.D.), Daniel Inouye (Ha.), Bob Kerrey (Neb.), John Kerry (Mass.), Mary Landrieu (La.), Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), Patrick Leahy (Ver.), Carl Levin (Mich.), Blanche L. Lincoln (D-Ark.), Barbara Mikulski (Md.), Zell Miller (Ga.), Patty Murray (Wash.), Chuck Robb (Va.), Paul Sarbanes (D-Md.), Robert Torricelli (N.J.), Paul Wellstone (Minn.), Ron Wyden (Ore.).

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