Protect America's Workforce Act

Sponsored by Rep. Jared F. Golden (D-ME) · 226 active : 9 Republicans, 217 Democrats

Latest action: Received in the Senate.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedDec 11, 2025
Senate: next
President: not yet

9 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

Protect America's Workforce Act

This bill nullifies the Executive Order titled

Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs

(issued on March 27, 2025), which excludes specified executive agencies and subdivisions from the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute. The statute authorizes federal employees' participation in collective bargaining and enforces collective bargaining rights.

The bill also specifies that a covered collective bargaining agreement in place as of March 26, 2025, shall have full force and effect through the stated term of the agreement.

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · HouseReferred to

Subjects

Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

27Swing 70–100
103Middle 30–70
297Entrenched 0–30
6Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 6 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 9.0 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 2550 · Dec 11, 2025 · Roll call 331On PassageProtect America’s Workforce Act
PassedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 5408 · Jun 9, 2026 · Roll call 576On PassageFaster Labor Contracts Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 2988 · Jan 15, 2026 · Roll call 391On PassageProtecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 2988 · Jan 15, 2026 · Roll call 389On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 2262 · Jan 13, 2026 · Roll call 379On PassageFlexibility for Workers Education Act
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1156 · Mar 11, 2025 · Roll call 67On PassagePandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 5339 · Sep 18, 2024 · Roll call 1145On PassageRETIRE Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.J.Res. 98 · May 7, 2024 · Roll call 903Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary NotwithstandingProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to “Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status”
FailedSame policy area×0.5

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H.R. 6655 · Apr 9, 2024 · Roll call 823On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedA Stronger Workforce for America Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.J.Res. 98 · Jan 12, 2024 · Roll call 728On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to “Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status”
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1163 · May 11, 2023 · Roll call 210On PassageProtecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.J.Res. 30 · Mar 23, 2023 · Roll call 148Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary Notwithstanding

Cosponsors

226 active

Show all 226 cosponsors

Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)
Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6)
Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1)
Mark Pocan (D-WI-2)
Michael Lawler (R-NY-17)
Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10)
Nick LaLota (R-NY-1)
Cleo Fields (D-LA-6)
Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10)
Dina Titus (D-NV-1)
Don Bacon (R-NE-2)
Donald S. Beyer (D-VA-8)
Ed Case (D-HI-1)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC-AL)
Emily Randall (D-WA-6)
Gwen Moore (D-WI-4)
James P. McGovern (D-MA-2)
Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4)
John W. Mannion (D-NY-22)
Kristen McDonald Rivet

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.

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Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENOn the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 28% of 12 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
90Swing
ContactCall 202-225-5361 Website
2
David G. ValadaoRepublican · California 22nd · Lean R+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 26% of 13 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
88Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4695 Website
3
Zachary NunnRepublican · Iowa 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 24% of 12 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
86Swing
ContactCall 202-225-5476 Website
4
Andrew R. GarbarinoRepublican · New York 2nd · Lean R+6On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 30% of 12 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
86Swing
ContactCall 202-225-7896 Website
5
Kevin KileyIndependent · California 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 10% of 13 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
84Swing
ContactCall 202-225-2523 Website
6
Jennifer A. KiggansRepublican · Virginia 2nd · Lean EVENOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 9% of 13 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
83Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4215 Website
7
Gabe EvansRepublican · Colorado 8th · Lean EVENOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 23% of 6 similar votes
83Swing
ContactCall 202-225-5625 Website
8
David P. JoyceRepublican · Ohio 14th · Lean R+9On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 30% of 11 similar votes
82Swing
ContactCall 202-225-5731 Website
9
Mariannette Miller-MeeksRepublican · Iowa 1st · Lean R+4On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 22% of 12 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
81Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6576 Website
10
Maria Elvira SalazarRepublican · Florida 27th · Lean R+6On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 14% of 10 similar votes
80Swing
ContactCall 202-225-3931 Website