Republican centrists and populists combine to kill series of GOP labor bills [View all]

Republican centrists and populists in the House blocked a series of GOP labor bills on the chamber floor Tuesday, marking the latest blow to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and GOP leaders, who are increasingly losing their grip on the restive Republican conference.

The House was poised to vote Tuesday evening on three Republican bills designed to ease regulations on businesses — partisan bills that were expected to pass given the GOP’s long-standing appetite for deregulation.

The first of those bills, sponsored by Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), would have changed the way work hours are calculated by excluding certain voluntary training sessions. It hit a roadblock when six Republicans joined every voting Democrat in opposition — a number sufficient to sink the legislation, given the Republicans’ razor-thin House majority.

Reps. Rob Bresnahan (Pa.), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Nick LaLota (N.Y.), Riley Moore (W.Va.), Chris Smith (N.J.), and Jeff Van Drew (N.J.) voted against the Hinson bill, with Republican leaders failing to convince the members to flip after holding the vote open on the House floor for more than 45 minutes.

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