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Moving quickly to help avert a rail workers strike that would have cost the national economy an estimated $2 billion per day, the U.S. Senate on Dec. 1 advanced a tentative labor agreement between railroads and their employees. Senators on Dec. 1 voted 80-15 on the bill, which had been approved in the House of Representatives the previous day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices