Labor spending bill reins in agency, labor board

By Sean Higgins

Published July 7, 2016 4:21pm ET

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Labor spending bill reins in agency, labor board — House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., said the spending bill would "[roll] back overregulation and overreach by the administration that kills American jobs, and cutting spending to save hard-earned taxpayer dollars." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) | J. Scott Applewhite

A House Appropriations subcommittee marked up a bill Thursday that would rein in the Labor Department and National Labor Relations Board, the main federal labor law enforcement agency.

The bill prohibits the department from enforcing new rules on speeding up union elections, expanding corporate liability under the joint employer rule and expanding investment advisers’ fiduciary liability to their clients.

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