Senate D whip Durbin says he‘ll support rail deal even if Dems don’t add sick days.

“The administration has taken a pretty strong and even controversial position because of Biden’s close relationship with labor that I agree with. There’s too many jobs” at risk he says

— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) December 1, 2022

[Interesting. I suspect that there will be plenty of votes for the House bill with the negotiated deal alone, with both caucuses losing a few individuals over the lack of linkage to the addition of sick days. The second bill may not get to the 60-vote cloture threshold. If Schumer’s smart, he’ll stage it in the same order Pelosi did. — Ed]