The Senate voted to reject a proposal to give railway workers seven days of sick leave. This benefit was left out of a labor deal between freight rail companies and unionized workers. Moreover, the proposal was brokered by the Biden administration. Senate Rejects Proposal to Give Rail Workers Seven Days of Paid Sick Leave Sen. Bernie Sanders and several other liberal lawmakers championed the proposal. It failed to pick up enough Republican support to overcome a 60-vote threshold for adopting the measure. Hence, it fell in a 52-43 vote. “This…
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