WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, doesn’t often find himself in the same camp as the most left-leaning members of the Senate, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
wrote a letter earlier this week pleading with lawmakers to take action to avert a strike.
But Cruz objected to the mandated settlement as the government forcing a deal down rail workers’ throats. He then voted for the sick leave proposal and against the underlying mandated settlement, which was approved 80-15. “I don’t think that makes sense,” Cruz said. “I don’t think it was fair. I thought the rail workers’ demands were quite reasonable.”
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