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. John Thune
SD
Republican Yes
Sen. Mike Rounds
SD
Republican Yes
Sen. Bob Corker
TN
Republican Yes
Sen. Lamar Alexander
TN
Republican Yes
Sen. Ted Cruz
TX
Republican Yes
Sen. John Cornyn
TX
Republican Yes
Sen. Mike Lee
UT
Republican Yes
Sen. Orrin G. Hatch
UT
Republican Yes
Sen. Tim Kaine
VA
Democrat No
Sen. Mark Warner
VA
Democrat No
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy
VT
Democrat No
Sen. Bernard Sanders
VT
ID ID No
Sen. Maria Cantwell Democrat No
Sen. Patty Murray Democrat No
Sen. Ron Johnson
WI
Republican Yes
Sen. Tammy Baldwin
WI
Democrat No
Sen. Joe Manchin III
WV
Democrat No
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito
WV
Republican Yes
Sen. John Barrasso
WY
Republican Yes
Sen. Michael B. Enzi
WY
Republican Yes