3/26/2025 - House Committee Markup

Mar 27, 2025

House Committee Markup

March 26, 2025

Yesterday, legislation that would undermine federal employee unions and grant broad authority to President Trump to reorganize the government with the goal of reducing the size of the federal workforce passed through the House Oversight and Accountability Committee along party lines.

The Committee approved, by a party line vote, three bills designed to destabilize federal employee unions and their ability to operate.

H.R. 1210, the Protecting Taxpayers’ Wallets Act, would charge unions for the use of agency resources and official time.
H.R. 2174, the Paycheck Protection Act, would eliminate automatic dues deductions.
H.R. 2249, the Preserving Presidential Management Authority Act, would allow a president to unilaterally declare provisions of a fairly negotiated collective bargaining agreement void.

The Committee also passed, along party lines, the Reorganizing Government Act of 2025 (H.R. 1295). This bill would take power away from Congress and essentially provide cover to and sanction the chaos currently taking place across the federal government with the administration’s efforts to illegally eliminate federal agencies and programs and fire tens of thousands of dedicated federal workers. During consideration of this bill, several amendments were offered by Democrats on the Committee to combat the efforts of the United States Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), including one by Ranking Member Connolly (D-VA) that would restore the federal employees purged and agency services jeopardized by DOGE and prohibit any future purges of employees. These amendments all failed along party lines.

I sent a letter to the Committee strongly opposing these bills. NTEU will never stop in our fight to preserve your collective bargaining rights and to stop these reckless efforts to eliminate agencies and illegally fire thousands of federal employees. Click here to reach out to your member of Congress and urge them to oppose these bills and others that threaten federal employee unions and their ability to operate in the federal government.

Doreen P. Greenwald
National President