Congress passed legislation to prevent a massive rail strike, plus a bill on same-sex marriage rights. Walker and Warnock campaign in their runoff. And more, this week in politics.
More than 1 million voters cast their ballots early in the Georgia runoff between Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Hershel Walker.preventing what could have been an economically devastating freight rail strike. Also in the Senate, the Respect for Marriage Act passed with bipartisan support, advancing a bill to protect same-sex marriage rights.
Down south, candidates in the runoff race for Georgia's Senate seat campaigned through the state's early voting period and ahead of the special Election Day this Tuesday. Prominent party figures on both sides turned out on behalf of both Republican Herschel Walker and Democrat Raphael Warnock, who were forced into a runoff against each otherStay in the conversation on politics:
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