After a train derailment in his state, SenVancePress introduced a railway safety bill that quickly won bipartisan support. SenSherrodBrown, SenBobCasey, and JohnFetterman joined a number of conservative Republicans in supporting Vance’s efforts
Sens. Sherrod Brown , Bob Casey , and John Fetterman joined a number of conservative Republicans in supporting Vance’s efforts, which would, among other things, regulate crew sizes and under certain circumstances require railroad companies to notify local fire departments when carrying hazardous materials. But a slew of conservative groups, organized by FreedomWorks, came out against the legislation, warning it would create “gross inefficiencies for thousands of businesses.
Two of the conservative Republicans who have been most supportive of Vance’s railway safety bill are Sen. Josh Hawley , who is also a populist, and Sen. Marco Rubio , who has in recent years become a fellow traveler. Chris Griswold, the policy director of American Compass and a veteran of Rubio’s legislative staff, described conservative objections to Vance’s bill as being “about defending an anti-governing ideological orthodoxy, empirical evidence be damned.”
This fight lacks the same cultural undertones, other than people adversely affected by the East Palestine train derailment are largely working-class Trump voters.
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