The Senate passed a bill this afternoon on an 80 to 15 vote to put in place the tentative rail labor agreement brokered by the Biden administration with rail labor unions and management. The bill now heads to President Joe Biden to be signed into law ahead of the scheduled December 9 rail strike.
The separate vote on adding seven days of paid sick leave to the agreement failed. The sick leave amendment with strong Democratic support failed on a 52 to 43 vote, just eight votes short of passing.
Rail worker unions expressed strong disappointment after the Senate voted down the sick…
