Rep. Cleaver Votes to Avert Rail Shutdown

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Rep. Cleaver Votes to Avert Rail Shutdown
Rep. Cleaver Votes to Avert Rail Shutdown

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) on Wednesday voted in favor of two resolutions that would avert a catastrophic rail shutdown and provide paid sick leave, a 24 percent pay raise, and other critical benefits to more than 100,000 freight railroad workers. The resolutions were passed by the House of Representatives with bipartisan support and will now go to the Senate…