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Senate approves measure to kill Obama-era contractor rule
Source: Reuters
POLITICS | Mon Mar 6, 2017 | 6:51pm EST
Senate approves measure to kill Obama-era contractor rule
By Robert Iafolla
Republicans in the U.S. Senate passed a measure to eliminate an Obama administration rule that would require prospective federal contractors to report violations of more than a dozen U.S. labor and employment laws.
On a 49-48 vote, the Senate endorsed a joint resolution under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the contractor disclosure rule. The U.S. House of Representatives approved it last month, so all that is left to kill the regulation is President Donald Trump's signature on the resolution.
The resolution targeting the contractor regulation, dubbed the blacklisting rule by critics, is a part of a larger Republican effort to use the CRA to rollback a swath of federal regulations finalized in the last seven months of the Obama administration.
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The Senate voted on Monday to eliminate the Obama administration's regulation issued last year calling for companies bidding on federal contracts valued at more than $500,000 to disclose violations of 14 U.S. labor and employment laws and their state equivalents, including those governing wage and hour, collective bargaining, discrimination, and safety and health.
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Senate approves measure to kill Obama-era contractor rule
By Robert Iafolla
Republicans in the U.S. Senate passed a measure to eliminate an Obama administration rule that would require prospective federal contractors to report violations of more than a dozen U.S. labor and employment laws.
On a 49-48 vote, the Senate endorsed a joint resolution under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the contractor disclosure rule. The U.S. House of Representatives approved it last month, so all that is left to kill the regulation is President Donald Trump's signature on the resolution.
The resolution targeting the contractor regulation, dubbed the blacklisting rule by critics, is a part of a larger Republican effort to use the CRA to rollback a swath of federal regulations finalized in the last seven months of the Obama administration.
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The Senate voted on Monday to eliminate the Obama administration's regulation issued last year calling for companies bidding on federal contracts valued at more than $500,000 to disclose violations of 14 U.S. labor and employment laws and their state equivalents, including those governing wage and hour, collective bargaining, discrimination, and safety and health.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-employment-regulation-idUSKBN16D2T1?il=0
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Senate approves measure to kill Obama-era contractor rule (Original Post)
Eugene
Mar 2017
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Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)1. way to protect the people
republicans believe that corps are people
such a stupid belief
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,972 posts)2. What a bunch of BS
So much for rule of law. That's only for peons.
Odoreida
(1,549 posts)3. Violations of labor law OK for federal contractors?
Does that include hiring undocumented workers?