President Biden called on Congress to pass legislation to avert a rail shutdown that could hurt the economy before the holiday season
Big business groups and railroad companies are pressing Congress to intervene in a long-running labor dispute to avertsent a letter
on Monday, signed by dozens of other business lobbying groups, to Democratic and Republican congressional leaders calling on them to intervene to prevent a labor strike or a lockout by the freight railroads. The Chamber and these groups have made similar calls before, and some of the groups plan a press conference for Tuesday.
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