The Plain Dealer – BROOK PARK — A spokesman for U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) said the spending bill for NASA will protect “hundreds” of civil servants from layoffs over the next three years.

The bill, signed Monday by President Barack Obama, was a Senate version of which Brown held up passage until a three-year moratorium on reductions in force was inserted, Brown spokeswoman Allison Preiss said.

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