13 Republicans Vote to Nullify Donald Trump's Executive Order [View all]

Source: Newsweek

Published Dec 11, 2025 at 02:52 AM EST updated Dec 11, 2025 at 03:25 AM EST


More than a dozen Republicans defied President Donald Trump on Wednesday by joining Democrats in voting for a bill to nullify a major executive order. The U.S. House of Representatives voted 222-200 to advance a bill that would overturn a major executive order issued by Trump in March, which stripped collective bargaining rights from roughly one million federal workers.

Democratic Representative Jared Golden, who led the bill, forced a vote on it by using a mechanism known as a discharge petition. The Congressional procedure means lawmakers can force a vote on a piece of legislation against the wishes of the leadership on the condition that it has majority support in the House. Newsweek contacted the White House for comment via email outside of regular business hours.

Why It Matters

Golden's bill, called the Protect America’s Workforce Act (PAWA), seeks to restore union rights for employees at agencies central to national security, healthcare, and veterans' affairs, many of whom are veterans themselves.

Trump's executive order banned collective bargaining within multiple federal agencies, including parts of the Departments of Defense, State, Veterans Affairs, Justice, and Energy, as well as some workers in Homeland Security, Treasury, HHS, Interior, and Agriculture.

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Johnson has consistently been "catching and killing" bills, forcing these discharge petitions. And it's not a good look for their own GOP members to be signing onto them because the GOP is in the majority and that is the only reason why they have been successful getting the discharges (from Committee).

There are very few Teamsters locals among the Feds - The GPO is apparently under them (but feds are mostly AFGE, AFSCME, & NTEU)... but I hope that rogue Teamsters President gets a clue about things to come.