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

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 22) - As of Thursday, 73 U.S. Senators have publicly pledged to support quick action on the Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2000.

The Republican Senators who signed the letter include: Spencer Abraham (Mich.), John Ashcroft (Mo.), Robert Bennett (Ut.), Christopher Bond (Mo.), Sam Brownback (Kan.), Jim Bunning (Ken.), Conrad Burns (Mon.), Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Co.), Lincoln Chafee (R.I.), Thad Cochran (Miss.), Susan Collins (Ver.), 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.), James Inhofe (Okla.), Richard Lugar (Ind.), Pat Roberts (Kan.), Rick Santorum (Pa.), Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Gordon Smith (Ore.), 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.), Barbara Boxer (Calif.), John Breaux (La.), Richard Bryan (Nev.), Robert Byrd (W.Va.), 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.), Russ Feingold (Wisc.), Diane Feinstein (D-Cal.), Robert Graham (Fla.), Tom Harkin (Ia.), Ernest Hollings (S.C.), Tim Johnson (S.D.), Daniel Inouye (Ha.), Bob Kerrey (Neb.), John Kerry (Mass.), Herbert Kohl (Wisc.), 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.), Harry Reid (Nev.), Chuck Robb (Va.), John Rockefeller (W.Va.), Paul Sarbanes (D-Md.), Charles Schumer (N.Y.), Robert Torricelli (N.J.), Paul Wellstone (Minn.), Ron Wyden (Ore.).

UTU Main Page