Senate defeats GOP amendment to block Biden vaccine mandate

The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican amendment seeking to block President Biden's vaccine-or-test mandate for businesses with 100 or more workers.

Republicans and Democrats were split down the middle on the vote, 50-50 in the upper chamber, falling short of the 60 votes needed to pass the measure.  

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) offered the measure, which would block the use of federal funds for vaccine mandates. It came during a series of votes on amendments to a stop-gap government funding measure. 

Biden announced earlier this month that his Department of Labor would...