It now goes to President Joe Biden for a signature.
WASHINGTON, D. C. - In a last hurrah for departing Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, the U.S. Senate on Saturday morning approved20 opposed it. Republican U.S. Sen. JD Vance of Cincinnati - who is about to become Donald Trump’s vice-president - was one of four senators who missed the vote.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill last month by a 327-75 margin, with support from all Ohio members, so it now goes to President Joe Biden for a signature. As he urged bill passage in a Senate floor speech, Brown cited the case of an special needs school bus driver who drove 200 miles a day over 40 years for a district along Ohio’s border with West Virginia.
Another supporter, Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana recalled meeting with a retired Louisiana school teacher who cried in his office, not understanding why she was getting less in Social Security spousal benefits than if she had never worked at all. “Passing this Social Security fix right before Christmas would be a great gift for our retired firefighters, police officers, postal workers, teachers and others, who for years have contributed to Social Security but are now being penalized because of their time of public service,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. “It’s deeply unfair.”
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