Amendment to Limit Federal Employees' Collective Bargaining Rights

Jun. 10, 2014 | H.R. 4745
This amendment would bar the use of funds provided by the bill to pay a federal employee during any period when that employee is using "official time" to represent a union or its bargaining unit employees. The Gingrey Amendment would serve no purpose but to erode collective bargaining rights for civil service federal employees at greater cost to American taxpayers. Union representation for employees working their way through administrative procedures is a cost-effective process for administrating and adjudicating agency policies. The alternative to official time is for government agencies to needlessly pay for costly third party attorney and arbitrator fees. Using this time for internal union business is strictly prohibited by law: under current law, official time may not be used to solicit membership, conduct internal union meetings, elect union officers, or engage in partisan political activities. The notion that official time is used for these purposes is blatantly false. The amendment was rejected.

This is Bad for working people.

Vote result: Failed

YEAs: 167
NAYs: 254

Legislator Sort descending State District Party Vote
Rep. Diane Black
TN
6 Republican Yes
Sen. Marsha Blackburn
TN
Republican Yes
Rep. Earl Blumenauer
OR
3 Democrat No
Rep. John A. Boehner
OH
8 Republican Speaker
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici
OR
1 Democrat No
Rep. Charles Boustany Jr.
LA
3 Republican Yes
Rep. Kevin Brady
TX
8 Republican Yes
Rep. Robert A. Brady
PA
1 Democrat No
Rep. Bruce Braley
IA
1 Democrat No
Rep. Jim Bridenstine
OK
1 Republican Yes
Rep. Susan Brooks
IN
5 Republican Yes
Rep. Mo Brooks
AL
5 Republican Yes
Rep. Paul Broun
GA
10 Republican No
Rep. Corrine Brown
FL
5 Democrat No
Rep. Julia Brownley
CA
26 Democrat No
Rep. Vern Buchanan
FL
16 Republican Yes
Rep. Larry Bucshon
IN
8 Republican Yes
Rep. Michael C. Burgess
TX
26 Republican Yes
Rep. Cheri Bustos
IL
17 Democrat No
Rep. G. K. Butterfield
NC
1 Democrat No