Resolution Overturning the Fair Pay and Safe Workplace Rule

Mar. 6, 2017 | H.J.Res. 37
This resolution of disapproval overturned an Obama administration rule that would have required companies bidding on federal contracts to disclose past violations of labor and employment laws, including the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act and the National Labor Relations Act. The resolution passed the House and Senate, was signed by President Trump and became law on March 27, 2017.
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This is Bad for working people.

Vote result: Passed

YEAs: 49
NAYs: 48

Legislator State Party Sort descending Vote
Sen. Michael Bennet
CO
Democrat No
Sen. Patty Murray Democrat No
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy
CT
Democrat No
Sen. Al Franken
MN
Democrat No
Sen. Ron Wyden
OR
Democrat No
Sen. Tammy Baldwin
WI
Democrat No
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
RI
Democrat No
Sen. Jeff Merkley
OR
Democrat No
Sen. Dianne Feinstein
CA
Democrat No
Sen. Elizabeth Warren
MA
Democrat No
Sen. Robert Menendez
NJ
Democrat No
Sen. Mark Warner
VA
Democrat No
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
MD
Democrat No
Sen. Claire McCaskill
MO
Democrat No
Sen. Richard J. Durbin
IL
Democrat No
Sen. Tom Udall
NM
Democrat No
Sen. Tammy Duckworth
IL
Democrat No
Sen. Edward J. Markey
MA
Democrat No
Sen. Joe Donnelly
IN
Democrat No
Sen. Joe Manchin III
WV
Democrat No