President Biden called on Congress on Monday to intervene in the deepening labor dispute between rail companies and their unionized workers, warning that a strike that shuts down freight trains just days before Christmas would be devastating for the nation’s economy.

In a statement, Mr. Biden urged Congress to pass legislation to impose an agreement that his administration helped broker but that has failed to win the support of all the rail labor unions.

“On the day that it was announced, labor leaders, business leaders, and elected officials all hailed it as a fair resolution of the dispute between the hardworking men and women of the rail freight unions and the companies in that industry,” Mr. Biden said in the statement.

He called on Congress to “to pass legislation immediately to adopt” the agreement.

[Suddenly, President Loan Forgiveness remembers the Article I branch, eh? He wants political cover for the union blowback he’s going to get if he imposes a settlement himself. — Ed]