This is a weekly post spotlighting labor topics in focus by the US legislative and executive branches during the previous week.
In this issue, we cover:
December Jobs Report
Federal Vaccine Mandate Legal Challenges Update
COVID-19 Updates
Notable Labor Department Developments
The second session of the 117th U.S. Congress reconvened earlier this week. Senator Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) told reporters on Tuesday that there have been no negotiations related to the Build Back Better Act (BBBA), President Joe Biden’s social spending and climate bill, since talks ended abruptly before the holidays. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) has reiterated his intention to hold a vote in the Senate on the BBBA. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday that the President “absolutely wants to get Build Back Better done,” saying that President Biden and senior White House officials would keep talking with Senators “in the weeks ahead.”
Democratic lawmakers are focused in the near-term on election reform, following the anniversary of the January 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol. Senate Majority Leader Schumer said that he plans to schedule debate on changing the Senate’s filibuster rules by Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 17), if Republicans continue to block voting rights legislation. The U.S. House of Representatives had a District Work Period this week.
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Labor released its December Jobs...
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