Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania.
Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania.
  • Sens. JD Vance and John Fetterman, populists from different parties, worked together on a rail safety bill.
  • Fetterman accused Vance of "silly performance art" over his doomed effort to ban mask mandates.
  • Vance argued his mask crusade isn't distracting from the rail bill, and that he's been building support for it.

Two of the Senate's most prominent self-styled populists — each from different parties — are at loggerheads amid the stalled railway safety bill they drafted together.