Congress Boots the ‘Blacklisting’ Regulation and Sends it to the President’s Desk

On March 6, 2017, on a narrow straight party line vote of 4948, the U.S. Senate passed a Congressional Review Act Joint Resolution of Disapproval, which moots Executive Order 13673, “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces” – also referred to as government contractor “blacklisting” – and which revoked its implementing regulations and Labor Department guidance . The U.S. House of Representatives passed the joint resolution, H.J. Res.