{"id":54908,"date":"2022-11-30T07:52:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T15:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=54908"},"modified":"2022-11-30T10:52:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T18:52:54","slug":"biden-congress-race-to-avert-economy-shaking-railroad-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=54908","title":{"rendered":"Biden, Congress race to avert economy-shaking railroad strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

A potential railroad strike has thrown President\u00a0Biden\u00a0a holiday curveball and pushed Congress into crisis mode, scrambling to finalize a federal fix to stave off an economy-rattling freight shutdown at the end of next week.<\/p>\n

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Biden hosted the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday, less than a day after he\u2019d urged Congress to break the impasse between rail companies and unionized employees that\u2019s threatened to freeze much of the nation\u2019s freight system on Dec. 9.<\/p>\n

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Shortly after the gathering, House Democratic leaders said they\u2019d rush a resolution to the floor Wednesday morning, where it\u2019s expected to pass with bipartisan support despite reservations from lawmakers on the fringes of both parties.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is about whether or not we shut down the railroads of America, which would have extreme, negative impacts on our economy,\u201d House Majority Leader\u00a0Steny Hoyer\u00a0<\/a>(D-Md.) told reporters as he announced the vote.<\/p>\n

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The proposal has been panned both by liberals, who said it doesn\u2019t go far enough to help rail workers, particularly when it comes to sick leave benefits, and by conservatives, who are attacking the very notion that the federal government would \u201cmeddle\u201d in a private sector dispute. And Hoyer stopped short of saying it has the votes to pass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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