Trump rolls back Obama ‘blacklisting’ rule for contractors

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President Trump signed a resolution Monday afternoon undoing a key part of former President Barack Obama’s labor agenda, a rule that effectively blacklisted federal contractors that were convicted of or simply charged with violating federal worker protection laws.

The rule was undone through the Congressional Review Act, a rarely used procedure to declare presidential actions unconstitutional.

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