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 Sort descending Party Vote
Sen. Cory Booker
NJ
Democrat No
Sen. Robert Menendez
NJ
Democrat No
Sen. Martin Heinrich
NM
Democrat No
Sen. Tom Udall
NM
Democrat No
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
NV
Democrat No
Sen. Dean Heller
NV
Republican Yes
Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand
NY
Democrat No
Sen. Charles E. Schumer
NY
Democrat No
Sen. Sherrod Brown
OH
Democrat No
Sen. Rob Portman
OH
Republican Yes
Sen. James Lankford
OK
Republican Yes
Sen. James M. Inhofe
OK
Republican Yes
Sen. Ron Wyden
OR
Democrat No
Sen. Jeff Merkley
OR
Democrat No
Sen. Patrick J. Toomey
PA
Republican Yes
Sen. Bob Casey
PA
Democrat No
Sen. Jack Reed
RI
Democrat No
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
RI
Democrat No
Sen. Lindsey Graham
SC
Republican Yes
Sen. Tim Scott
SC
Republican Yes