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. John McCain
AZ
 Republican Yes
Sen. Patrick J. Toomey
PA
 Republican Yes
Sen. Thom Tillis
NC
 Republican Yes
Sen. Steve Daines
MT
 Republican Yes
Sen. John Thune
SD
 Republican Yes
Sen. Mike Lee
UT
 Republican Yes
Sen. Ted Cruz
TX
 Republican Yes
Sen. Michael D. Crapo
ID
 Republican Yes
Sen. Dan Sullivan
AK
 Republican Not Voting
Sen. James Lankford
OK
 Republican Yes
Sen. Tom Cotton
AR
 Republican Yes
Sen. Luther Strange
AL
 Republican Yes
Sen. John Cornyn
TX
 Republican Yes
Sen. Richard C. Shelby
AL
 Republican Yes
Sen. John Kennedy
LA
 Republican Yes
Sen. Bob Corker
TN
 Republican Yes
Sen. Tim Scott
SC
 Republican Yes
Sen. Ron Johnson
WI
 Republican Yes
Sen. Susan Collins
ME
 Republican Yes
Sen. Johnny Isakson
GA
 Republican Not Voting
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