Senate GOP introduces resolution to nix Biden health worker vaccine mandate
By Nathaniel Weixel - 12/30/21 01:16 PM EST
Senate Republicans have introduced a formal resolution of disapproval intending to nullify President Biden’s vaccine mandate for health care workers.
The resolution, led by GOP Sens. Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.) and Roger Marshall (Kan.), comes after Republicans earlier this month were successful in passing a similar one against the administration's vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers.
Senators voted 52-48 on that resolution, which needed a simple majority to be approved. Democratic Sens. Jon Tester (Mont.) and Joe Manchin (W.Va.) voted with Republicans.
So far, there are more than 30 GOP co-sponsors of the new resolution.
The Congressional Review Act, which was enacted in 1996, sets up a fast-track process in the Senate that allows the minority party to force a vote on a resolution to disapprove of a federal rule. That law, however, does not have a fast-track process for the House.
Instead, Republicans are hoping to get the simple majority needed to force a vote through a discharge petition, which will require support from a handful of House Democrats.
Even if the resolution passes the House, Biden will veto it.
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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/587730-senate-gop-introduces-resolution-to-nix-biden-health-worker-vaccine-mandate
