Proposed legislation would award Congressional Gold Medals to the “Miracle on Ice” hockey team. New York Senator Chuck Schumer has introduced legislation to honor the 1980 U.S. Olympic Men’s Hockey Team that won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid against the Soviet Union.

A bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" Olympic hockey team has been reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.

A bill to award the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" Olympic hockey team with Congressional Gold Medals was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate on Wednesday.

It's been over 40 years since the "Miracle on Ice" saw the U.S. Olympic hockey team upset the heavily favored Soviet Union hockey team in the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid. But while the team of Olympic heroes has received no shortage of recognition for their accomplishment through the