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President Biden made a snide remark about loving the press when he was asked why he didn't push harder for paid sick leave for rail workers on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the Senate voted with an overwhelming 80-15 majority to impose contract terms on four of the eight rail unions that had objected to them, averting a rail strike ahead of the December 9 deadline.
A reporter asked Biden at a joint press briefing with French President Emmanuel Macron: 'Do the freight rail workers deserve more than one day of paid sick leave like millions of Americans have, and if so, why didn't you negotiate for that when you were negotiating that contract that you now want Congress to impose?'
'I love you guys - I negotiated a congress no one else could negotiate,' Biden said with a chuckle.
'The only thing that was left out is whether or not there was paid leave. You know I've been trying to get paid leave not just for rail workers but for everybody.'
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