In a 49-48 vote on Monday, the Senate voted to strike down the Labor Department's "blacklisting rule" requiring federal contractors to disclose workplace violations before working on federal projects. The bill now goes to President Trump who has to decide whether to side with his party on regulatory reform or stick up for the working-class voters who elected him.
Republicans were relying on the Congressional Review Act to repeal the rule. The Act gives the GOP majority in the House and Senate the power to overturn Obama-era regulations without support from Democrats. Republicans have employed the legislative tool a number of times this year to roll back controversial regulations, but prior to Trump taking office, the Act had only been successfully used once back in 2001.
(more on the Senate's vote to repeal the controversial Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces rule...)
