White House Urging Congress to Stop Possible Rail Strike
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The US Chamber of Commerce says Congress has intervened 18 times in railway labor negotiations—each time in order to prevent a strike.
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The Senate vote was 80-15. It came one day after the House voted to impose the agreement.
President Joe Biden has signed a bill to avert a freight rail strike that he said could have plunged the U.S. into recession.
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