Miners Protection Act, the Glossary
The Miners Protection Act is a bill to establish pension and health care benefits to mine workers and has been introduced to Congress 4 times since 2015 but has still not been voted on by the full Senate.[1]
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19 relations: Bobby Scott (politician), David McKinley, Donald Trump, Joe Donnelly, Joe Manchin, Mark Warner, Mitch McConnell, Morgan Griffith, Nancy Pelosi, Orrin Hatch, Shelley Moore Capito, Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Tim Kaine, United Mine Workers of America, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, United States Senate Committee on Finance, 114th United States Congress, 115th United States Congress.
- Miners
- Surface mining
Bobby Scott (politician)
Robert Cortez Scott (born April 30, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 1993.
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David McKinley
David Bennett McKinley (born March 28, 1947) is an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2011 to 2023.
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Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
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Joe Donnelly
Joseph Simon Donnelly Sr. (born September 29, 1955) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to the Holy See from 2022 to 2024.
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Joe Manchin
Joseph Manchin III (born August 24, 1947) is an American politician and businessman serving as the senior United States senator from West Virginia, a seat he has held since 2010.
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Mark Warner
Mark Robert Warner (born December 15, 1954) is an American businessman and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Virginia, a seat he has held since 2009.
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Mitch McConnell
Addison Mitchell McConnell III (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and retired attorney who has been serving as senate minority leader since 2021 and the senior United States senator from Kentucky since 1985, the longest serving senator in his state's history.
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Morgan Griffith
Howard Morgan Griffith (born March 15, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician who has been the U.S. representative for Virginia's 9th congressional district since 2011.
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Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Patricia Pelosi (born March 26, 1940) is an American politician who served as the 52nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023.
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Orrin Hatch
Orrin Grant Hatch (March 22, 1934 – April 23, 2022) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Utah from 1977 to 2019.
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Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Wellons Moore Capito (born November 26, 1953) is an American politician and retired educator serving in her second term as the junior United States senator from West Virginia, a post she has held since 2015.
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Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) is the primary federal law that regulates the environmental effects of coal mining in the United States.
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Tim Kaine
Timothy Michael Kaine (born February 26, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Virginia since 2013.
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United Mine Workers of America
The United Mine Workers of America (UMW or UMWA) is a North American labor union best known for representing coal miners.
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United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.
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United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.
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United States Senate Committee on Finance
The United States Senate Committee on Finance (or, less formally, Senate Finance Committee) is a standing committee of the United States Senate.
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114th United States Congress
The 114th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States of America federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
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115th United States Congress
The 115th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States of America federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
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See also
Miners
- Bárbara Heliodora (poet)
- Barbara Thenn
- Bergmeister
- Coal miners
- Lucille Hunter
- Miner
- Miners Protection Act
- Pork-knocker
Surface mining
- Bucket-wheel excavator
- Clay pit
- Conveyor bridge
- Costean
- Ende Gelände 2016
- Ende Gelände 2017
- Ende Gelände 2018
- Ende Gelände 2019
- Gravel pit
- Hydraulic mining
- Landfill mining
- List of open-pit mines
- Miners Protection Act
- Mining sludge
- Mountaintop removal mining
- Ninja miner
- Open-pit mines
- Open-pit mining
- Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60
- Placer claim
- Placer mining
- Quarry
- Quarrying
- Sand mining
- Spoil tip
- Stripping ratio
- Surface mining
- Type Es 3750 bucket chain excavator