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.
Legislative Alert

This is Bad for working people.

Vote result: Passed

YEAs: 49
NAYs: 48

Legislator State Party Vote
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
NH
 Democrat No
Sen. Christopher A. Coons
DE
 Democrat No
Sen. Tim Kaine
VA
 Democrat No
Sen. Charles E. Schumer
NY
 Democrat No
Sen. Brian Schatz
HI
 Democrat No
Sen. Bob Casey
PA
 Democrat No
Sen. Thomas R. Carper
DE
 Democrat No
Sen. Mazie K. Hirono
HI
 Democrat No
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin
MD
 Democrat No
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp
ND
 Democrat No
Sen. Martin Heinrich
NM
 Democrat No
Sen. Maria Cantwell Democrat No
Sen. Jack Reed
RI
 Democrat No
Sen. Margaret Hassan
NH
 Democrat No
Sen. Sherrod Brown
OH
 Democrat No
Sen. Gary Peters
MI
 Democrat No
Sen. Kamala Harris
CA
 Democrat No
Sen. Cory Booker
NJ
 Democrat No
Sen. Bill Nelson
FL
 Democrat No
Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand
NY
 Democrat No
2017 Senate Key Votes
  1. FY2017 Budget Resolution
  2. Confirmation of Elisabeth Prince Devos for Secretary of Education
  3. Confirmation of Jeff Sessions for Attorney General
  4. Confirmation of Thomas Price for Secretary of Health and Human Services
  5. Confirmation of Steven Mnuchin for Secretary of the Treasury
  6. Confirmation of Mick Mulvaney for Director of the Office of Management and Budget
  7. Resolution Overturning the Fair Pay and Safe Workplace Rule
  8. Resolution Overturning the OSHA Injury and Illness Reporting Rule
  9. Resolution Overturning the Retirement Plan Safe Harbor Rule
  10. Confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the United States Supreme Court
  11. Amendment to Eliminate the Individual Mandate of the Affordable Care Act
  12. Confirmation of Marvin Kaplan to the National Labor Relations Board
  13. Confirmation of William J. Emanuel to the National Labor Relations Board
  14. FY2018 Budget Resolution
  15. Resolution Overturning Forced Arbitration Ban
  16. FY2018 Budget Act Amending the Tax Code to Reduce Tax Rates