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House set to vote on effort to avert rail strike

EThamPhoto/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) The House on Wednesday is set to vote on legislation aimed at averting a strike by the nation's railway workers, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced, reluctantly intervening in a labor dispute with wide-ranging economic and political implications. First, the House will consider legislation to adopt the tentative deal between the rail companies and employees reached in September and brokered by the White House. A second, separate vote aimed at addressing progressive Democrats' concerns over protecting workers is set on a measure to add seven days of paid sick leave to the agreement, which now allows for only one. Unless an agreement is imposed by Congress by a Dec. 9 deadline, much of the nation's economy that depends on freight transportation would be disrupted some estimates say up to $2 billion a day. "The House will take up urgent and necessary legislation to that end: adopting the Tentative Agreement reached after month ....

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