A bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate on Wednesday. The ongoing effort, which included the bill being first introduced in October,

WASHINGTON -- A bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" Olympic hockey ... NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said the league enthusiastically supports the legislation.

Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minn., reintroduced the Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act in the House along with co-sponsors Reps. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., Mike Quigley, D-Ill., and Bill Keating, D-Mass. Sens. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., reintroduced it in the Senate.

To recognize the 45th anniversary of U.S team defeating the Soviet Union in the "Miracle on Ice" at Lake ... the playing surface," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said in October.

WASHINGTON — A bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” Olympic ... NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said the league enthusiastically supports the legislation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” Olympic ... NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said the league enthusiastically supports the legislation.