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But if written narrowly, a background check provision could potentially win bipartisan support.

"If it does fail, then Congress is going to need to explain why they thwarted the will of the electorate," Mr. Feinblatt said of the background check provision.

Representative Bill Thomas, Republican of California, the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and author of the bill, said the check provision was not left out through malice and said senators were free to bring it up in conference.

Several Democrats have voiced opposition to the bill's "card check" provision, which would generally require employers to recognize a union as soon as a majority of employees signed cards supporting it.

This amendment would replace the background check provision of the original legislation, which would also create harsher penalties for the so-called straw purchasing of guns, in which people buy guns for others who are not able to legally.

The amendment offered by Senators Toomey and Manchin is set to replace the background check provision in legislation about to hit the Senate floor after the chamber voted 68-31 on Thursday to open debate on it.

The combination of its card check provisions and its mandatory interest arbitration provision will surely change the balance of advantage in labor organization.

The card-check provision was so central to the legislation that it was known as "the card-check bill".

Though the Democrats have a 60-40 vote advantage in the Senate, and President Obama supports the measure, several moderate Democrats opposed the card-check provision as undemocratic.

The so-called card-check provision — which senators decided to scrap to help secure a filibuster-proof 60 votes — would have required employers to recognize a union as soon as a majority of workers signed cards saying they wanted a union.

WASHINGTON — The A.F.L.-C.I.O.'s president has signaled a significant shift to try to move a long-stalled pro-union bill, saying he would support a change that calls for speedy unionization elections, a provision that would replace the much-attacked card-check provision.