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Did Derrick Van Orden oppose the federal worker union order?

Matches stated record claim. He voted for H.R. 2550 to cancel the order; it passed the House 231-195 in December 2025 but has not become law.

Derrick Van Orden

Federal worker union order

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At the October 20 forum, Van Orden said he voted against the President's order on public-sector unions.

What the record shows ·

He cosponsored H.R. 2550 to cancel the March 27, 2025 order and voted for it on December 11. It passed 231-195, with 20 Republicans voting yes.

Limit: His vote was on a bill, not the order itself. The order affects federal agencies, not all public-sector unions; the bill is not law.

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  1. Eau Claire Area Chamber forum, October 20: Van Orden on the federal union orderhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sCa_4llPFE&t=1387s

    WEAU · Published Oct 20, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    23:07. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video; no second transcript was found to confirm the exact words.

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  2. Roll Call 332, H.R. 2550, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025332

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Dec 11, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Recorded vote of December 11, 2025 (231 to 195), read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by member ID V000135: Yea. Twenty Republicans voted Yea.

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  3. H.R. 2550, Protect America's Workforce Act (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2550

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Read through the Congress.gov API and the GovInfo engrossed text on 2026-10-22. Sponsored by Rep. Jared Golden; Van Orden is a cosponsor, not an original one, and no cosponsor has withdrawn. Section 2 says the March 27, 2025 executive order "Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs" shall have no force or effect. No law on record.

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