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After promising that most K-8 students would be in schools in the first 100 days,  apparently Joe is afraid to lead on this and has drastically scaled back that goal.

Instead, we're shooting for about half to go to school at least one day a week,  by the end of April.

https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2021-02-09/bidens-goal-for-school-reopenings-suddenly-became-more-attainable

 

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1 hour ago, MaybeeRN said:

If you have to ask who the little guy is, you don't get it.  So why not let the unions vote on the contract?

This is a not an answer. The unions did vote. And now Congress is trying to compel the rail owners to offer more and prevent a shutdown. Which will affect even more little guys. 

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2 hours ago, nursej22 said:

This is a not an answer. The unions did vote. And now Congress is trying to compel the rail owners to offer more and prevent a shutdown. Which will affect even more little guys. 

unions didn't accept what was offered.  Should Congress but in every time nurses go on strike?

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5 hours ago, MaybeeRN said:

unions didn't accept what was offered.  Should Congress but in every time nurses go on strike?

When nurses strike does it impact the entire economy? Can you think of any other entities in which employment strikes are of national importance? 

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1 hour ago, toomuchbaloney said:

When nurses strike does it impact the entire economy? Can you think of any other entities in which employment strikes are of national importance? 

Of course, if Congress stood down and the strike went forward, the same poster would be here howling about supply chains-prices-inflation yada yada, and blaming that on Biden, too.

Someone should tell the scriptwriters that owning the libs is sooo 2016. Besides, they’re not very good at it.

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2 minutes ago, heron said:

Of course, if Congress stood down and the strike went forward, the same poster would be here howling about supply chains-prices-inflation yada yada, and blaming that on Biden, too.

Someone should tell the scriptwriters that owning the libs is sooo 2016. Besides, they’re not very good at it.

I just keep giving them the chance to behave as a normal member and actually make an attempt (even a bad faith attempt) to discuss a topic rather than throw tired political rhetoric at it. 

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10 hours ago, MaybeeRN said:

unions didn't accept what was offered.  Should Congress but in every time nurses go on strike?

The constitution grants congress power over interstate commerce. I’m not sure how that applies to nurses. 
Are you suggesting the constitution should be ignored? 

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5 hours ago, toomuchbaloney said:

When nurses strike does it impact the entire economy? Can you think of any other entities in which employment strikes are of national importance? 

It impacts something worse.  Patient’s lives.

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3 minutes ago, MaybeeRN said:

It impacts something worse.  Patient’s lives.

Yes. Your point?

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Stopping the movement of oil, coal, and food could also cost lives. 

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1 hour ago, MaybeeRN said:

It impacts something worse.  Patient’s lives.

And so that means what to you in context of the congressional action to avert a possible rail strike? 

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8 hours ago, toomuchbaloney said:
14 hours ago, MaybeeRN said:

unions didn't accept what was offered.  Should Congress but in every time nurses go on strike?

When nurses strike does it impact the entire economy? Can you think of any other entities in which employment strikes are of national importance? 

I'm not saying that I agree with @MaybeeRN's post; however, consider this.  While Congress is considering action because the rail strike might impact the entire economy, they're doing this base on their authority to regulate interstate commerce.

Cornell University's Legal Information Institute defines interstate commerce as "... the general term for transacting or transportation of products, services, or money across state borders."  This likely applies to many large healthcare systems.

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6 hours ago, heron said:

Of course, if Congress stood down and the strike went forward, the same poster would be here howling about supply chains-prices-inflation yada yada, and blaming that on Biden, too.

Correct.  And it would have been richly deserved since he proclaimed a few months ago that he helped broker a deal.

It'd be interesting to know what went on behind the scenes since then. He may or may not deserve criticism for it getting to this point at which Congress has to step in.

Either way, someone should have informed our president that he has indeed been involved in negotiations. 

From last week:

"My team has been in touch with all the parties, in rooms with the parties," said Biden. "I have not directly engaged yet because they're still talking."

Biden's remarks contradict those of White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who said earlier this week that Biden was "directly involved" in the negotiations."

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/rail-strike-looming-biden-says-not-directly-engaged-contradicting-white-house-press-secretary

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