The bill’s path forward is doubtful given that it would need to earn at least some Republican support in the House and Senate.

After President Donald Trump unceremoniously fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following Friday’s disappointing jobs report, criticism and condemnation have come swiftly, as economists and politicians warn that the politicization of federal statistics and the agencies that produce them erodes confidence in data that is crucial to both government and business.

A defiant President Trump defended his firing of a top government jobs monitor and said he would like to run again in 2028.