Josh Hawley is ruffling GOP feathers as he stakes out his ground: From the Politics Desk – NBC
“Since he took office in 2019, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., has sought to place himself on the front lines of orienting the Republican Party around a mix of economic populism and social conservatism to appeal to an increasingly working-class base…
“He’s aligned himself with Democrats on most fiscal issues…(T)his year alone, Hawley has teamed up with Sens., Gary Peters, D-Mich., on a bill to ban congressional stock trading; Cory Booker, D-N.J., on legislation to enhance child labor laws; Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., on a bill to bar artificial intelligence firms from training models on stolen, copyrighted materials; Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on an effort to cap credit card interest rates; and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on legislation to further regulate pharmacy benefit managers, among other measures.”
New Hawley Legislation to Speed Up Labor Contracts Earns Teamsters Endorsement, Bipartisan Support
Are There Real Conservatives Who Support Real Worker Power? – Power At Work Blogcast
“In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Chris Griswold from American Compass, a leading pro-union conservative policy expert who has been working with Sen. Josh Hawley and others on legislation that, if enacted, may very well benefit workers, worker power, and unions.”