"A Democrat-led petition on the "Protect America's Workforce Act" is just two signatures short of the 218-member threshold it needs to bypass GOP leadership and force a vote on the legislation. The bill would reverse a Trump executive order that removed collective bargaining rights from hundreds of thousands of federal employees - a major blow to labor rights in the heavily unionized sector."
"Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Arizona), coming off of her confirmation long delayed by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), tried to sign the petition on Wednesday. The petition for the legislation has been signed by the entire Democratic caucus other than Grijalva, as well as three Republicans. If Grijalva signed it, then Rep. Mike Lawler (R-New York) was poised to be the 218th signature, Politico reports."
"But members of Jeffries's staff stopped Grijalva as she went to add her signature on the House floor on Wednesday, Politico reported. A Jeffries spokesperson, Christie Stephenson, criticized Lawler when contacted about the move. "If Congressman Lawler was as concerned about these working people as he apparently is about his own reelection, he would have signed the discharge petition last night, or any time in the over 160 days since it launched," Stephenson told the outlet."
Democrats pursued a discharge petition to force a House vote restoring collective bargaining rights stripped by a Trump executive order affecting hundreds of thousands of federal workers. The petition for the Protect America's Workforce Act reached almost all Democrats plus three Republicans but remained two signatures shy of the 218 required to bypass GOP leadership. Rep. Adelita Grijalva attempted to add her signature on the House floor but was stopped by staff aligned with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. A Jeffries spokesperson criticized Rep. Mike Lawler for not signing the petition earlier.
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