Overview
- The discharge petition reached the 218-signature threshold, compelling a House floor vote on the Protect America’s Workforce Act this week.
- Five Republicans joined Democrats to trigger the vote: Mike Lawler and Nick LaLota of New York, Brian Fitzpatrick and Rob Bresnahan of Pennsylvania, and Don Bacon of Nebraska.
- The legislation seeks to nullify Trump’s March 27 executive order that barred collective bargaining at agencies deemed to have national security interests, affecting roughly one million workers across 18 agencies.
- The maneuver bypasses Speaker Mike Johnson’s control of the floor schedule, and the outcome of the impending vote remains uncertain.
- Major labor groups including AFGE and the AFL-CIO praised the move, which follows a recent bipartisan discharge petition to release Epstein-related files.