SENATE DEFEATS US AIRWAYS PENSION MEASURE
The Senate on Wednesday evening killed a measure from GOP Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania that would have allowed bankrupt US Airways to string its pension payments out over 30 years.
By a vote of 64 to 31, senators voted to table the Specter measure, a move that likely ends chances for a congressional settlement to US Airways'' pension funding problems.
The Thomas Web site from the Library of Congress (http://thomas.loc.gov) should have the roll call of individual senators available shortly.
The Senate on Wednesday evening killed a measure from GOP Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania that would have allowed bankrupt US Airways to string its pension payments out over 30 years.
By a vote of 64 to 31, senators voted to table the Specter measure, a move that likely ends chances for a congressional settlement to US Airways'' pension funding problems.
The Thomas Web site from the Library of Congress (http://thomas.loc.gov) should have the roll call of individual senators available shortly.