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Ximena Bustillo

The House has voted to avert a rail strike. Now the bill heads to the Senate

In an aerial view, freight rail cars sit in a rail yard near shipping containers on Nov. 22 in Wilmington, Calif. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

The House has passed a resolution 290-137 that would force unions to accept a tentative agreement reached earlier this year between railroad managers and their workers and make an imminent strike illegal.

President Biden has been leading the effort to head off a strike that could upend transportation of goods and services, skyrocketing prices on everyday items, including gasoline.

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