H.R. 6156 119th Congress House

Endorsement Transparency Act

Official title: To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to require unions to poll their members prior to endorsing a presidential candidate.

Introduced: November 19, 2025 Introduced by: Robert F. Onder, Jr. Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov

Labor and Employment

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Nov 19, 2025

Introduced in House

Nov 19, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Votes taken on this bill 1

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Dec 6, 2012	Senate · vote #223	On Passage of the Bill H.R. 6156	Passed	92–4	See who voted →

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Education and Workforce Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 10

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION
for NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
for NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
for NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION
for NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION
for NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
AFL-CIO
for AFL-CIO · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10 filings
SENATE
10 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
9 filings
White House Office
9 filings
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
8 filings
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
8 filings
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
8 filings
Treasury, Dept of
8 filings

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Cosponsors 2

Fine, Randy

Florida · May 15, 2026

Harris, Mark

North Carolina · Nov 19, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6156: Endorsement Transparency Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6156/

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"H.R. 6156: Endorsement Transparency Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6156/.

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H.R. 6156, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6156/.

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