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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Vote result: Passed

YEAs: 49
NAYs: 48

Legislator State Party Sort ascending Vote
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
Sen. Thad Cochran
MS
Republican Yes
Sen. James M. Inhofe
OK
Republican Yes
Sen. Bill Cassidy
LA
Republican Yes
Sen. Ben Sasse
NE
Republican Yes
Sen. John Hoeven
ND
Republican Yes
Sen. Marco Rubio
FL
Republican Yes
Sen. Dean Heller
NV
Republican Yes
Sen. Mike Rounds
SD
Republican Yes
Sen. Angus King
ME
ID ID No
Sen. Bernard Sanders
VT
ID ID 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