{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bost.house.gov/2019/12/bost-votes-secure-umwa-coal-miner-pensions", "BOST VOTES TO SECURE UMWA COAL MINER PENSIONS", "2019-12-17", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "IL", "Mike Bost", "B001295", "bost.house.gov", "bost", "https://bost.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Rep. Mike Bost (IL-12) today voted for a Fiscal Year 2020 spending package that includes a long sought-after fix for retired coal miner pensions. Bost was part of a bipartisan coalition of congressional leaders that has for years sought a long-term solution to save United Mine Workers of America pensions from insolvency.\n\n\u201cAs the grandson of a UMWA representative, Southern Illinois\u2019s mining heritage is, quite literally, in my blood,\u201d said Bost. \u201cFor years, our miners and their families have faced uncertainty over whether or not their pensions would be there when they needed it most. It took a lot of work from leaders on both sides of the aisle to get this done. I couldn\u2019t be happier that these dedicated men and women will have the benefits they\u2019ve earned and the peace of mind they\u2019ve been lacking for so long.\u201d\n\nIn addition to the miners\u2019 pension fix, the FY2020 spending package also included nearly $1.4 billion in funding for construction of the wall along our southern border and repeals of Obamacare\u2019s medical device tax and the \u201cCadillac Tax\u201d on high-end health insurance plans.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://bost.house.gov/2019/12/bost-votes-secure-umwa-coal-miner-pensions"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9839211124926805, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}