McIntosh says the 32-hour-workweek proposal would harm workers
David McIntoshPresident of Club for Growth
David McIntosh discusses a proposed 32-hour workweek on Fox Business, Sept. 9, 2026.
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McIntosh opposes the 32-hour-workweek proposal and predicts that it would harm workers through effects on jobs, benefits, and affordability.
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Congress should enact H.R. 10323, the proposed Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act.
“Bernie’s idea will hurt the very workers he’s trying to help.”
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Should Congress Enact Bernie Sanders’s 32-Hour Workweek Bill?
On September 8, 2026, Rep. Mark Takano introduced H.R. 10323, the Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act; Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced the Senate companion, S. 5384, on September 14. The bills would phase the federal weekly overtime threshold for covered nonexempt workers from 40 to 32 hours and add daily premium-pay thresholds; they would not set a universal cap on work hours. Supporters urge Congress to enact them as a way to share productivity gains, while opponents predict harm to jobs, benefits, and prices. The dispute is whether Congress should enact the paired proposals.
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Primary video of Club for Growth president David McIntosh discussing Sanders's proposal. We could not find a transcript of this clip, so the attributed quotation comes from the related Fox Business report.
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Club for Growth’s official post confirms that its president appeared on the Fox Business segment to oppose the proposal.
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Fox Business report on its own interview with McIntosh, including his attributed forecast of job, benefit, and affordability harms. Those forecast outcomes are not established facts.
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In a Fox Business appearance and related coverage, McIntosh discusses the proposed 32-hour workweek alongside automation and broader economic concerns.
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He predicts losses of jobs or benefits and greater unaffordability. Those projected consequences are his policy forecast, not findings established by the bill text.
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McIntosh explicitly criticizes the proposal and predicts harmful consequences.
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