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How Biden helped avert a rail strike – and another economic crisis
The Hill ^ | 09/15/2022 | ALEX GANGITANO AND AMIE PARNES

Posted on 09/15/2022 1:51:53 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

The White House came close this week to facing yet another crisis, this time over a railroad dispute that could have taken a crowbar to the U.S. economy ahead of crucial midterm elections.

But in the end, a tentative deal was struck, with both sides crediting the Biden administration with stepping in to help avert a strike that was set to begin on Friday — one that could have further disrupted the nation’s fragile supply chain.

Administration officials became involved in the talks weeks ago, lobbying both sides around the clock to argue the stakes were too high for a strike.

“It’s a big political risk. If it all blew up, the administration was going to be left holding the bag,” an industry source familiar with the talks said.

Biden called into negotiations around 9 p.m. last night to say a shutdown of railways was unacceptable, according to a White House official. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh led 20 hours of talks in the final stretch while Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg worked the phones

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; chat; crisis; fakenews; falseflag; freight; fromtheshill; globalistpropaganda; notnews; rail; railroad; shipping; sidebarabuse; sidebarkaren; stfufrkaren; strike; unions
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To: Gaffer

Exactly, the taxpayers will end up paying for the 25% wage increases.


21 posted on 09/15/2022 2:12:48 PM PDT by dartuser
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To: Hazwaste

🤣


22 posted on 09/15/2022 2:16:44 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Biden cannot change his own f’ing diaper.


23 posted on 09/15/2022 2:21:06 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Fill your lamps!)
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To: Hazwaste

LOL


24 posted on 09/15/2022 2:21:24 PM PDT by Fledermaus (With Trans Republicans like McCarthy and McConnell do we really want them to win Congress in 2022?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This is all kabuki theater. This outcome was predetermined weeks ago.


25 posted on 09/15/2022 2:21:59 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If I’m not mistaken, federal “mediators” were involved in this horse shit debacle until June of this year, at which time they were abruptly removed from the discussion with no explanation. Now, miraculously, our time’s greatest thinker Biden, rides in on the (proverbial) white horse to “save the day” with a solution just prior to a midterm election.

Anyone that believes this entire thing wasn’t a political stunt is an F***ing mooron!


26 posted on 09/15/2022 2:30:04 PM PDT by Salty Longshanks
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Somehow, you just know our government will be funding the raises via the printing press. Also, a lot of that money will be spread around to “the right people”.


27 posted on 09/15/2022 2:30:37 PM PDT by Rlsau1
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To: Ebenezer

That’s an old nickname bestowed on him by the media back when he was a senator and would ride Amtrak from Delaware to DC (former Pennsylvania RR line), most likely as a publicity stunt; his use of the train ceased when he became VP.


28 posted on 09/15/2022 2:31:08 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The only time Butt gig worked the phones is to order pizza.


29 posted on 09/15/2022 2:31:37 PM PDT by AU72
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Biden administration offering to step in to help is what scares the hell out of them to call off the strike.


30 posted on 09/15/2022 2:33:16 PM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I thought it would be midnight Friday with President Biden sleeves rolled up and a sweaty brow saying, “I did it!” Lol.


31 posted on 09/15/2022 2:49:22 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 democratic )
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To: RoseofTexas

Republican house in January have to investigate this. Get emails and cell phones.


32 posted on 09/15/2022 2:51:58 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 democratic )
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To: 21twelve

He is now called Benito bidet.


33 posted on 09/15/2022 3:03:47 PM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Actually what prevented the strike was that the Secy of Trans was out getting his anus relined and the parties could conduct their negotiations without Buttguy doing the touchy feely on them.


34 posted on 09/15/2022 3:06:39 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: napscoordinator

Republican house in January have to investigate this. Get emails and cell phones.


I will admit that my initial reaction to your post was to roll my eyes, but you were right and I was wrong.

This should be added to the list of investigations. Why not? We should follow the standard of the left AND expose to the 5% of idiots who don’t realize it yet that the union leadership sleeps with the DNC.


35 posted on 09/15/2022 3:06:45 PM PDT by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: Gaffer

The exact question I want answered. How much tax money was pledged to ensure they didn’t strike before the mid-terms? I’m willing to bet Biden dropped a lot. And strangely, there seems to be no media curiosity on how this got resolved in a matter of, literally, hours. My bet? Federal tax money, and lots of it.


36 posted on 09/15/2022 3:20:44 PM PDT by Obadiah (Finishing is better than starting.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

We were all saying just yesterday that these dipwads would portray the old degenerate as a superhero.


37 posted on 09/15/2022 3:32:04 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Biden wasn’t even there!


38 posted on 09/15/2022 3:40:44 PM PDT by beethovenfan (The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
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To: beethovenfan

Supposedly called in


39 posted on 09/15/2022 3:42:39 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Biden is lucky if he can find the right spot to wipe with the toilet paper. This clown doesn’t know daytime from nighttime?


40 posted on 09/15/2022 3:47:44 PM PDT by eeriegeno (Checks and balances??? What checks and balances?)
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