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Barrasso Backs Bill to Halt Federal Vaccine Mandate

December 9, 2021

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U.S. Senator John Barrasso (WY) voted Wednesday to block President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate on private workers. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details.

Barrasso Backs Bill to Halt Federal Vaccine Mandate

The measure to nullify President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine rule and testing requirements for private businesses passed by a vote of 52 to 48. Democrats Jon Tester of Montana and Joe Manchin of West Virginia joined every Senate Republican in a bipartisan vote to approve the resolution. During a news conference held just prior to the vote, Senator John Barrasso (R) said the president’s unconstitutional mandate on private businesses is government overreach at its worst and it turns employers into the vaccine police.

Senator Barrasso

The Congressional Review Act (CRA) can be used by Congress to overturn certain federal agency regulations and actions through a joint resolution of disapproval. If a CRA joint resolution of disapproval is approved by both houses of Congress and signed by the President, or if Congress successfully overrides a presidential veto, the rule at issue is invalidated. The resolution now moves to the U.S. House of Representatives for consideration.

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