HOUSE BILL: Prioritizing Our Workers' Employee Rights (POWER) Act (Passed)

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

I absolutely understand those concerns and would like to hear from more colleagues about the notion of "card check" that garners over 50% of employees resulting in an immediate election. I don't know what that time frame would have to be, but I would be willing to work on an amendment for this. At the same time though, we also need to ensure that the Department of Labor does not take years upon years to validate election results and that they cannot unnecessarily stall the workplace democracy process.

My thoughts precisely. Yankee's idea of setting a deadline for certification seems to me a good one.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

I'd prefer a more specific standard than "fairness" be applied to the proposed Section 3(iii), or else the existing term defined. As it is, I worry there is too much room for maneuvering by the DoL to block unions they don't want established.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

It's been a while since I was in Congress — has the amendment been adopted?

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

So are we ready to move to a final vote?

I would not object to such a motion.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

AYE!