House and Senate Pass Bill to Avert Rail Strike, Bill Sent to President
The House voted 290-137 on Wednesday to pass an emergency resolution (H.J.Res. 100) to implement the tentative agreement as brokered by the administration with the rail labor unions and the operators to avert a strike. In a subsequent vote, House members voted 221-207 to pass a separate measure (H. Con. Res. 119) that would give rail workers seven days of paid sick leave per year, addressing a chief concern unions and progressives had with the agreement.
On Thursday, the Senate voted 80-15 to pass the resolution to implement the tentative agreement, sending the measure to the president’s desk and averting a rail strike. Senators rejected the resolution to give railway workers seven days of sick leave by a vote of 52-43, with Democrats failing to pick up enough Republican support to overcome a 60-vote threshold set for adopting the separate measure.
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