It is shocking that, even while much of the public’s attention is focused on police misconduct and the role police union officials and their bargaining power play in protecting that misconduct, there remains support in Congress for the so-called “Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act.” This bill would dramatically expand those powers.

Backed by Joe Biden, this legislation would force union monopoly bargaining powers upon police and fire departments nationwide by federal fiat — even in places where government officials correctly conclude that union bargaining is, as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt recognized, contrary to the public’s interest.