At Biden's urging, the House took up the legislation that would adopt a tentative agreement reached in September between union leaders and freight operators. Four of the 12 unions representing rail workers have since rejected the deal, setting up the impending work stoppage.
With a Dec. 9 deadline looming, lawmakers inserted themselves in the middle of a labor dispute which they said they would rather not touch. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Tuesday said the House was intervening with "great reluctance" but said the prospect of a strike that would cost the economy $2 billion every day made action necessary.
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