House passes bill allowing for staff unionization
CNN
The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to allow staffers on Capitol Hill to unionize, a major development for labor activists who have pushed for the option for years.
The vote frees House staffers to form unions should they want, though it does not apply to staffers on the Senate side, as the bill is not expected to pass in the Senate.
The resolution was passed under a provision in a House Rules Committee rules package as a self-executing rule -- known as a "deem and pass" -- in which the bill is deemed passed by adoption of the rule. The tactic frees members from having to take a separate vote on the legislation.
Hours after President Joe Biden touted its success during his commencement speech at West Point last Saturday, White House staffers learned that the temporary pier the military had just constructed into Gaza was falling apart. Four Army vessels had been beached, two in Gaza and two along the coast of Israel.