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The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
National
Jonathan Tamari

John Fetterman sponsored a bill from the hospital. Here’s what he can and can’t do in the Senate during treatment

WASHINGTON — When a bipartisan group of senators from Pennsylvania and Ohio reached across their border to introduce a rail safety bill last week, Sen. John Fetterman joined them.

Despite remaining hospitalized while undergoing treatment for depression, Fetterman co-sponsored a plan with Sens. Bob Casey, D-Pa., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, and others to try to avert future crises like the one unfolding after a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio.

Fetterman’s office says it’s one example of how the freshman Democrat is staying engaged with his job.

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