The House passed a bill Wednesday that would curtail the power of federal district judges to issue nationwide injunctions, the most high-profile legislative pushback from Republicans to a string of rulings that have stymied certain executive actions from the Trump administration.
The chamber voted 219-213 to approve a bill that would stop those judges from handing down injunctive relief orders that apply to parties that are not involved in the case, except in certain situations. The measure, for example, has an exception for certain cases brought by multiple states.
The legislation now moves to the Senate, where Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee last week showed no signs of supporting a Republican push to limit nationwide injunctions.
