(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - By a party-line 206-205 vote on a procedural move, the Republican-run U.S. House rejected Democratic attempts to open up debate and amendments to GOP Anti-Worker measures. The Democrats wanted to attach the Protect The Right To Organize (PRO) Act, Labor’s top legislation, to them. 

But then, in a complete and unexpected reversal for the House’s Republican Leaders, six GOPers joined all the voting Democrats to kill several Bills that would have weakened Worker protections - “messaging” measures favored by corporate chieftains and the Radical Right. 

And that in turn, prompted House Speaker Mike Johnson (Republican-Louisiana), who had lost control of his own party despite holding the key roll call open for 45 minutes, to postpone calling up a fourth Pro-Corporate Anti-Worker measure.

He also predicted the ruling Republicans would try to rework the other three.

Democrats tried to upset the GOP messaging during the January 13th floor debate on the Labor legislation.

They argued for opening up the first GOP messaging Bill, HR2262, to amendments.

If they’d won, they planned to offer the PRO Act instead.

It’s been Labor’s top legislative priority for years. 

They failed.

But then, six Republicans, including five from “Swing” Districts, joined all 209 voting Democrats to dump the messaging Bills.

The key vote, 209-215, was on a measure to let bosses mandate “voluntary” retraining sessions for Workers, allegedly to improve their skills, without paying them. 

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