Senate votes to avert rail strike; sends legislation to Biden for his signature.
The Senate also rejected an amendment to add seven days of paid sick leave for rail workers to the agreement.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-reaches-deal-vote-avert-rail-strike-rcna59600
@goodblue I'm bothered by the subheadline asserting that the sick leave "amendment failed due to opposition from Republicans and Joe Manchin", but then:
"The "no" votes on the sick leave measure included 42 Republicans and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. Most Democrats voted "yes," joined by six Republicans: Sens. Mike Braun of Indiana, Ted Cruz of Texas, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Josh Hawley of Missouri, John Kennedy of Louisiana and Marco Rubio of Florida."
1) Manchin is not the problem. Republicans are the problem, but we just take it for granted that they'll vote for evil.
2) WTF, Manchin lost the moral high ground to Ted Cruz?!
3) What's to prevent rail workers from just quitting en masse? (I mean, capitalism, obviously, but still.)
