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Article: Bush Signs Resolution to Repeal OSHA Ergonomics Rule.(Occupational Safety and Health Administration)(Brief Article)
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- Wood & Wood Products
- Article date:
- April 1, 2001
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PRESIDENT BUSH signed a resolution repealing OSHA's ergonomics rules on March 20, 2001.
On March 8, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a "resolution of disapproval" of OSHA's final ergonomics rule by a vote of 223 to 206. Two days earlier, the Senate had passed the same resolution 56 to 44.
Voting in both houses ran closely along party lines. Sixteen Democrats in the House joined all but 13 Republicans in voting for passage. In the Senate, six Democrats joined all 50 Republicans in voting to approve the resolution.
The president has directed Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to find a less expensive way to protect worker health. Chao has ...