Most rail workers don’t receive any paid sick time. This fact has been a major sticking point in the negotiations between unions and rail companies in recent months. Instead, rail workers have short-term disability benefits that staff can call after as little as four days and can use to replace some of their income for a year or more, as well as vacation and personal leave days.
Unions had asked for 15 paid sick days initially, but settled for one personal day. Under the current tentative deal between rail companies and unions, there are no paid short-term sick days.
This is why House Speaker Nancy Pelosi added a second vote to mandate seven days of sick leave per year for rail workers on Wednesday.
The bill passed the house with a narrow margin, 221-207, with all Democrats in favor and three Republicans—Don Bacon (NE), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA) and John Katko (NY)—breaking the ranks of the GOP to support the measure. While many Republicans supported the bill to avert the strike, most were reluctant to vote in favor of the sick leave bill and intervene to change the tentative deal agreed in September.
This is the full list of all Republican House representatives who voted against the sick leave measure:
Robert Aderholt, Alabama 4th districtRick Allen, Georgia 12th districtMark Amodei, Nevada 2nd districtKelly Armstrong, North DakotaJodey Arrington, Texas 19th districtBrian Babin, Texas 36th districtJim Baird, Indiana 4th districtTroy Balderson, Ohio 12th districtJim Banks, Indiana 3rd districtAndy Barr, Kentucky 6th districtCliff Bentz, Oregon 2nd districtJack Bergman, Michigan 1st districtStephanie Bice (OK), Oklahoma 5th districtAndy Biggs, Arizona 5th districtGus Bilirakis, Florida 12th districtDan Bishop, North Carolina 9th districtMike Bost, Illinois 12th districtKevin Brady, Texas 8th districtMo Brooks, Alabama 5th districtVern Buchanan, Florida 16th districtKen Buck, Colorado 4th districtLarry Bucshon, Indiana 8th districtTed Budd, North Carolina 13th districtTim Burchett, Tennessee 2nd districtMichael Burgess, Texas 26th districtKen Calvert, California 42nd districtKat Cammack, Florida 3rd districtMike Carey, Ohio 15th districtJerry Carl, Alabama 1st districtJohn Carter, Texas 31st districtBuddy Carter, Georgia 1st districtMadison Cawthorn, North Carolina 11th districtSteve Chabot, Ohio 1st districtLiz Cheney, WyomingBen Cline, Virginia 6th districtMichael Cloud, Texas 27th districtAndrew Clyde, Georgia 9th districtTom Cole, Oklahoma 4th districtJames Comer, Kentucky 1st districtConnie Conway, California 22nd districtRick Crawford, Arkansas 1st districtDan Crenshaw, Texas 2nd districtJohn Curtis, Utah 3rd districtWarren Davidson, Ohio 8th districtRodney Davis, Illinois 13th districtScott DesJarlais, Tennessee 4th districtMario Diaz-Balart, Florida 25th districtByron Donalds, Florida 19th districtJeff Duncan, South Carolina 3rd districtNeal Dunn, Florida 2nd districtJake Ellzey, Texas 6th districtTom Emmer, Minnesota 6th districtRon Estes, Kansas 4th districtPat Fallon, Texas 4th districtRandy Feenstra, Iowa 4th districtDrew Ferguson, Georgia 3rd districtBrad Finstad, Minnesota 1st districtMichelle Fischbach, Minnesota 7th districtScott Fitzgerald, Wisconsin 5th districtChuck Fleischmann, Tennessee 3rd districtMike Flood, Nebraska 1st districtMayra Flores, Texas 34th districtVirginia Foxx, North Carolina 5th districtScott Franklin, Florida 15th districtRuss Fulcher, Idaho 1st districtMatt Gaetz, Florida 1st districtMike Gallagher, Wisconsin 8th districtAndrew Garbarino, New York 2nd districtMike Garcia, California 25th districtBob Gibbs, Ohio 7th districtCarlos Gimenez, Florida 26th districtLouie Gohmert, Texas 1st districtTony Gonzales, Texas 23rd districtAnthony Gonzalez, Ohio 16th districtBob Good, Virginia 5th districtLance Gooden, Texas 5th districtPaul Gosar, Arizona 4th districtKay Granger, Texas 12th districtGarret Graves, Louisiana 6th districtSam Graves, Missouri 6th districtMark Green, Tennessee 7th districtMarjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia 14th districtMorgan Griffith, Virginia 9th districtGlenn Grothman, Wisconsin 6th districtMichael Guest, Mississippi 3rd districtBrett Guthrie, Kentucky 2nd districtAndy Harris, Maryland 1st districtDiana Harshbarger, Tennessee 1st districtVicky Hartzler, Missouri 4th districtKevin Hern, Oklahoma 1st districtYvette Herrell, New Mexico 2nd districtJaime Herrera Beutler, Washington 3rd districtJody Hice, Georgia 10th districtClay Higgins, Louisiana 3rd districtFrench Hill, Arkansas 2nd districtAshley Hinson, Iowa 1st districtTrey Hollingsworth, Indiana 9th districtRichard Hudson, North Carolina 8th districtBill Huizenga, Michigan 2nd districtDarrell Issa, California 50th districtRonny Jackson, Texas 13th districtChris Jacobs, New York 27th districtMike Johnson, Louisiana 4th districtBill Johnson, Ohio 6th districtDusty Johnson, South DakotaJim Jordan, Ohio 4th districtDavid Joyce, Ohio 14th districtJohn Joyce, Pennsylvania 13th districtFred Keller, Pennsylvania 12th districtTrent Kelly, Mississippi 1st districtMike Kelly, Pennsylvania 16th districtYoung Kim, California 39th districtDavid Kustoff, Tennessee 8th districtDarin LaHood, Illinois 18th districtDoug LaMalfa, California 1st districtDoug Lamborn, Colorado 5th districtBob Latta, Ohio 5th districtJake LaTurner, Kansas 2nd districtDebbie Lesko, Arizona 8th districtJulia Letlow, Louisiana 5th districtBilly Long, Missouri 7th districtBarry Loudermilk, Georgia 11th districtFrank Lucas, Oklahoma 3rd districtBlaine Luetkemeyer, Missouri 3rd districtNancy Mace, South Carolina 1st districtNicole Malliotakis, New York 11th districtTracey Mann, Kansas 1st districtThomas Massie, Kentucky 4th districtBrian Mast, Florida 18th districtKevin McCarthy, California 23rd districtMichael McCaul, Texas 10th districtLisa McClain, Michigan 10th districtTom McClintock, California 4th districtPatrick McHenry, North Carolina 10th districtPeter Meijer, Michigan 3rd districtDan Meuser, Pennsylvania 9th districtMary Miller, Illinois 15th districtCarol Miller, West Virginia 3rd districtMariannette Miller-Meeks, Iowa 2nd districtJohn Moolenaar, Michigan 4th districtAlex Mooney, West Virginia 2nd districtBarry Moore, Alabama 2nd districtBlake Moore, Utah 1st districtMarkwayne Mullin, Oklahoma 2nd districtGreg Murphy, North Carolina 3rd districtTroy Nehls, Texas 22nd districtDan Newhouse, Washington 4th districtRalph Norman, South Carolina 5th districtJay Obernolte, California 8th districtBurgess Owens, Utah 4th districtSteven Palazzo, Mississippi 4th districtGary Palmer, Alabama 6th districtGreg Pence, Indiana 6th districtScott Perry, Pennsylvania 10th districtAugust Pfluger, Texas 11th districtBill Posey, Florida 8th districtGuy Reschenthaler, Pennsylvania 14th districtTom Rice, South Carolina 7th districtCathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington 5th districtMike Rogers, Alabama 3rd districtHal Rogers, Kentucky 5th districtJohn Rose, Tennessee 6th districtMatt Rosendale, MontanaDavid Rouzer, North Carolina 7th districtChip Roy, Texas 21st districtJohn Rutherford, Florida 4th districtMaria Elvira Salazar, Florida 27th districtSteve Scalise, Louisiana 1st districtDavid Schweikert, Arizona 6th districtAustin Scott, Georgia 8th districtJoe Sempolinski, New York 23rd districtPete Sessions, Texas 17th districtMike Simpson, Idaho 2nd districtJason Smith, Missouri 8th districtAdrian Smith, Nebraska 3rd districtChris Smith, New Jersey 4th districtLloyd Smucker, Pennsylvania 11th districtVictoria Spartz, Indiana 5th districtPete Stauber, Minnesota 8th districtMichelle Steel, California 48th districtElise Stefanik, New York 21st districtBryan Steil, Wisconsin 1st districtGreg Steube, Florida 17th districtChris Stewart, Utah 2nd districtVan Taylor, Texas 3rd districtClaudia Tenney, New York 22nd districtGlenn Thompson, Pennsylvania 15th districtTom Tiffany, Wisconsin 7th districtWilliam Timmons, South Carolina 4th districtMike Turner, Ohio 10th districtFred Upton, Michigan 6th districtDaivd Valadao, California 21st districtJefferson Van Drew, New Jersey 2nd districtBeth Van Duyne, Texas 24th districtAnn Wagner, Missouri 2nd districtTim Walberg, Michigan 7th districtMichael Waltz, Florida 6th districtRandy Weber, Texas 14th districtDaniel Webster, Florida 11th districtBrad Wenstrup, Ohio 2nd districtBruce Westerman, Arkansas 4th districtRoger Williams, Texas 25th districtJoe Wilson, South Carolina 2nd districtRob Wittman, Virginia 1st districtSteve Womack, Arkansas 3rd districtRudy Yakym, Indiana 2nd districtLee Zeldin, New York 1st district
