Exclusive — Conservative Leaders Urge Lindsey Graham to Return Swiftly to Senate to Defund Vaccine MandatesSean Moran 16 Feb 2022
Conservative leaders told Breitbart News exclusively that they are urging Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to return swiftly to the United States Senate so that Republicans can have the votes to defund President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates.
Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Mike Braun (R-IN), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Ted Cruz (R-TX) are leading the fight to defund President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates in the continuing resolution (CR). The conservatives have made it clear that they will not consent to expedite the passage of a continuing resolution to fund the federal government without a roll call vote on an amendment that defunds the enforcement of the remaining federal vaccine mandates.
Congress needs to pass a CR or another spending bill before March 11 to keep the government open.
The Supreme Court blocked the OSHA vaccine mandate for large employers; however, the federal government can still enforce the other four mandates, which include the mandate on medical workers, military personnel, federal employees, and federal contractors.
Although Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has signaled that there is “no danger of a government shutdown” over vaccine mandates, there remain enough votes in the Senate to pass an amendment to the CR to defund the vaccine mandates.
The Senate in December passed a congressional review act (CRA) resolution that would repeal Biden’s vaccine mandate for private sector empl0yers. The CRA measure required only 50 votes, but received 52 votes, with support coming from two Democrats, Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Jon Tester (D-MT).
After Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) suffered a stroke — he is still convalescing — there remains ample opportunity for Republicans to seize the moment and pass an amendment to the CR to defund the vaccine mandates.
However, Senate Republicans have an issue facing their potential defunding of Biden’s vaccine mandate: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is currently overseas, depriving Republicans of a crucial vote to help pass the vaccine-defunding amendment.
That is why conservative leaders are calling on Graham to fly straight from Israel to Washington, DC, at a moment’s notice.
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