Senate OKs bill to ease employer pension fund burdens

Thursday, January 29, 2004

WASHINGTON -- The Senate, acting with rare election-year concord, passed a bill Wednesday to reduce by $96 billion the payments companies will have to make into their pension plans this year and next.

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