Republican-led House votes to overturn Trump executive order on bargaining rights

Source: NBC News

The House approved a measure Thursday to reinstate collective bargaining rights to federal workers, a step toward restoring labor union protections for nearly 1 million federal employees.

The rare bipartisan vote, 231-195, marks the first time the House has voted to nullify an executive order from President Donald Trump this term.

Twenty Republicans voted with Democrats in supporting the bill, which was introduced by Reps. Jared Golden of Maine, a Democrat, and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, a Republican. The bill now heads to the Senate.

“This is solidarity in action. I’m proud of the bipartisan coalition who passed this bill,” Golden wrote Thursday on X.

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