Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would allow labor unions to organize workplaces without a secret ballot election. Democrats weren't able to get the 60 votes needed to force consideration of the Employee Free Choice Act, ending organized labor's chance to win its top legislative priority from Congress. The White House had also said that if this went through it was going to be vetoed anyway. The GOP plans to use the vote for election-year campaigning, with corporations and businesses being the top opponents to the legislation. This is considered to effect the election.
I think this will effect the election. People who wanted the labor union bill to pass would probably refuse to vote. I also think that this would bring up many protests and arguments.
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