{"id":2023789,"date":"2023-09-06T18:04:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T22:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-says-rail-safety-bill-privately-has-votes-needed-to-pass-senate\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T18:05:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T22:05:37","slug":"vance-says-rail-safety-bill-privately-has-votes-needed-to-pass-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-says-rail-safety-bill-privately-has-votes-needed-to-pass-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance claims rail safety bill has sufficient votes for Senate passage."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvance-says-rail-safety-bill-privately-has-votes-needed-to-pass-senate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2023789&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Sen. J.D. Vance Signals Strong \u2062Support for Rail Safety Bill<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. \u200bJ.D.\u200c Vance (R-OH)\u2063 is \u2063confident that his rail \u200dsafety bill will pass in the Senate, following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hasnt-said-a-word-republicans-slam-pete-buttigieg-for-silence-after-ohio-train-derailment\/\" title=\"\u2018Hasn\u2019t Said A Word\u2019: Republicans Slam Pete Buttigieg For Silence After Ohio Train Derailment\">recent train derailment<\/a> in East Palestine, Ohio. With the backing of\u2062 six other Republicans, Vance\u2064 believes he has enough votes to overcome a potential filibuster. Additionally, he expects unified support\u200b from Democrats.<\/p>\n<h3>Packed Senate Schedule<\/h3>\n<p>The Senate has a busy schedule this fall, with nominations and a\u200c fight \u200dover government funding taking up much of the\u2062 chamber&#8217;s floor \u2064time. However, Vance \u2064has received a\u2062 commitment from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)\u200d that the bill will\u200b receive a vote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;September is \u200bgoing to\u2062 be tough because we&#8217;re only\u200d here for about 10 days,\u2064 and there\u2062 are appropriations and \u2062funding bills,&#8221; Vance explained. &#8220;But I&#8217;m confident that we&#8217;re in a good spot, and it&#8217;s going to happen soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Overcoming Opposition<\/h3>\n<p>The rail safety bill has \u200cfaced significant opposition \u200dfrom Republicans due to the regulations it would impose on rail companies. The East Palestine derailment, which\u200b resulted in \u2063a chemical spill, has \u2064left the community grappling with the aftermath. However, Vance, \u200ca first-term \u2064senator who ran \u200bon a populist platform, has managed to \u2063chip away at GOP reluctance by making adjustments to the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Original co-sponsors Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) have been joined by Sens. Mike Braun (R-IN),\u200c Roger Marshall (R-KS), Mitt \u2064Romney (R-UT), and Eric Schmitt (R-MO) in\u200d supporting the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Compromises have been made, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-says-rail-safety-bill-privately-has-votes-needed-to-pass-senate\/\" title=\"Vance claims rail safety bill has sufficient votes for Senate passage.\">exempting smaller\u2063 rail companies<\/a> from a two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-groups-urge-republicans-to-reject-railway-safety-bill\/\" title=\"Conservative Groups Urge Republicans to Reject Railway Safety Bill\">-person crew requirement<\/a> and allocating funds for commuter railroads to install hot boxes for track malfunction detection. Vance \u200dacknowledged that the \u200clatter was \u200ba \u200dconcession to the \u200crail industry.<\/p>\n<h3>Continued\u2062 Negotiations<\/h3>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), the ranking Republican on the Commerce Committee, initially showed support for rail workers threatening a nationwide strike but opposed the bill when it\u200d advanced through the panel. Cruz expressed concerns about potential restrictions on the transport of\u2062 American energy, particularly \u200cliquefied natural gas.<\/p>\n<p>Vance has been in discussions with House lawmakers to garner support for the bill, which he\u200b introduced with Democratic colleague Sherrod Brown of Ohio. However, both senators recognize that the\u200b bigger challenge lies in getting the bill passed in the House.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) confirmed sufficient support for his rail safety bill after a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Six fellow Republicans have pledged their backing for the legislation, ensuring its passage when presented on the Senate floor, as stated by Vance to the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2023790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2023789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2023789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2023790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2023789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2023789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2023789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}