The Senate voted Monday to repeal another last-minute regulation President Obama imposed before leaving office in January, one that would have required companies to report labor law violations or allegations while bidding for federal contracts.
The Senate voted 49-48 to repeal the regulation, something that’s allowed under the Congressional Review Act. While the 49 votes in favor weren’t a majority of the full Senate, they were a majority of those present, and thus were enough to pass it.
After President Trump signs the resolution unraveling this Obama’s “moonlight” regulation, companies will no longer be forced to report any labor-law violation or allegation they’ve incurred in the previous three years while bidding on federal contracts worth more than $500,000.
Opponents of the Obama-era measure called it the “blacklisting” rule because it barred some small companies from competing to win federal contracts.
The House voted 236-187 for the resolution in early February, paving the way for the Senate vote Monday night.
Congressional Republicans have made a point of repealing as many regulations as they can using the CRA.
