{"id":398,"date":"2026-06-10T06:41:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T06:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?p=398"},"modified":"2026-06-10T06:41:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T06:41:04","slug":"house-passes-pro-union-bill-after-20-republicans-defy-party-in-latest-move-to-bypass-gop-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?p=398","title":{"rendered":"House passes pro-union bill after 20 Republicans defy party, in latest move to bypass GOP leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Washington<\/em> \u2014 House Democrats, with the help of several Republicans, bypassed GOP leadership on Tuesday to force a successful vote on legislation that would accelerate negotiations on newly-formed unions’ first collective bargaining agreements.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more Democrat Annie Andrews to face off against Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina, CBS News projects<\/a><\/p>\n

The legislation, titled the Faster Labor Contracts Act, was introduced in September by Democratic Rep. Donald Norcross of New Jersey. It passed in a 230 to 193 vote, with 20 Republicans voting in favor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In late April, Norcross launched a discharge petition, seeking to bring the bill to the floor. The procedural maneuver allows members to circumvent leadership and force a floor vote on legislation if they secure a majority support \u2014 218 signatures. The petition hit the threshold within a month, with seven Republicans signing on.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Norcross’ discharge petition is the seventh this session to hit the threshold, a sign of discontent with GOP leadership.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The measure would amend the National Labor Relations Act and require employers to begin contract negotiations with newly-certified unions within 10 days of receiving a written request. It also sets a timeline for mediation and lays out next steps if no agreement is reached after 90 days.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more GOP Rep. Valadao to face progressive Villegas in key California House district, in defeat for moderate Democrats<\/a><\/p>\n

“Right now, employers can delay negotiations on first contracts for years,” Norcross said in a statement in April, adding that his bill “will force employers to act in good faith and come to the negotiating table quickly.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

During debate on the bill, GOP Rep. Tim Walberg of Michigan argued the measure would fast-track “government intrusion into private workplaces” and erode “workers’ rights faster than we have ever seen before.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It is the latest attempt to put workers under the thumb of the federal bureaucrats,” Walberg said, referring to the arbitration process laid out in the bill.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It’s unclear whether the Senate will take it up. Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri introduced a companion bill in the Senate in March 2025 that has two Republican and 13 Democratic cosponsors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more Pamela Evette, Alan Wilson head to runoff in crowded GOP primary for South Carolina governor, CBS News projects<\/a><\/p>\n


\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s the seventh time this session that a discharge petition has secured the necessary 218 signatures to force a vote on legislation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nHouse passes pro-union bill after 20 Republicans defy party, in latest move to bypass GOP leadership - Professional Movers USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?p=398\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"House passes pro-union bill after 20 Republicans defy party, in latest move to bypass GOP leadership - Professional Movers USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It's the seventh time this session that a discharge petition has secured the necessary 218 signatures to force a vote on legislation.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?p=398\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Professional Movers USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-10T06:41:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/?p=398#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/?p=398\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8720b40c8487b11f5dae69cc7b7e69f\"},\"headline\":\"House passes pro-union bill after 20 Republicans defy party, in latest move to bypass GOP leadership\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-10T06:41:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/?p=398\"},\"wordCount\":378,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/?p=398#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/8937de30d7541753647c2a2b9f81dbf7.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/?p=398#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/?p=398\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/?p=398\",\"name\":\"House passes pro-union bill after 20 Republicans defy party, in latest move to bypass GOP leadership - Professional Movers USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/?p=398#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/?p=398#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/8937de30d7541753647c2a2b9f81dbf7.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-10T06:41:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8720b40c8487b11f5dae69cc7b7e69f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/?p=398#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/?p=398\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/?p=398#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/8937de30d7541753647c2a2b9f81dbf7.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/8937de30d7541753647c2a2b9f81dbf7.webp\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":538},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/?p=398#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"House passes pro-union bill after 20 Republicans defy party, in latest move to bypass GOP leadership\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Professional Movers USA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8720b40c8487b11f5dae69cc7b7e69f\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professionalmoversusa.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"House passes pro-union bill after 20 Republicans defy party, in latest move to bypass GOP leadership - Professional Movers USA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?p=398","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"House passes pro-union bill after 20 Republicans defy party, in latest move to bypass GOP leadership - Professional Movers USA","og_description":"It's the seventh time this session that a discharge petition has secured the necessary 218 signatures to force a vote on legislation.","og_url":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?p=398","og_site_name":"Professional Movers USA","article_published_time":"2026-06-10T06:41:04+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?p=398#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?p=398"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b8720b40c8487b11f5dae69cc7b7e69f"},"headline":"House passes pro-union bill after 20 Republicans defy party, in latest move to bypass GOP leadership","datePublished":"2026-06-10T06:41:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?p=398"},"wordCount":378,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?p=398#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8937de30d7541753647c2a2b9f81dbf7.webp","articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?p=398#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?p=398","url":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?p=398","name":"House passes pro-union bill after 20 Republicans defy party, in latest move to bypass GOP leadership - Professional Movers USA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?p=398#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?p=398#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8937de30d7541753647c2a2b9f81dbf7.webp","datePublished":"2026-06-10T06:41:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b8720b40c8487b11f5dae69cc7b7e69f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?p=398#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?p=398"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?p=398#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8937de30d7541753647c2a2b9f81dbf7.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8937de30d7541753647c2a2b9f81dbf7.webp","width":1024,"height":538},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?p=398#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"House passes pro-union bill after 20 Republicans defy party, in latest move to bypass GOP leadership"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/","name":"Professional Movers USA","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b8720b40c8487b11f5dae69cc7b7e69f","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com"],"url":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}