Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled a bill to permanently provide healthcare to retired coal miners, but he has paired the legislation with a language calling on Congress to roll back environmental regulations that hurt the coal industry.
The latter provision is likely to cost the legislation the support of many Democrats, who have been clamoring for a permanent fix for coal miner health benefits.
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