Headline Roundup • December 9th, 2021
Senate Votes 52-48 to Block Biden's Vaccine Mandate for Private Businesses
Summary from the AllSides News Team
On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate voted to overturn President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate for private businesses by a 52-48 vote.
The vote approved a resolution to nullify the mandate for private businesses with more than 100 employees to have employees vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to weekly testing. The rule, which Biden announced in September, was already on hold following a court order last month. However, the Senate vote is unlikely to overturn it. The House of Representatives is not expected to consider the resolution, and if it did clear Congress, President Biden would likely veto it. The mandate impacts over 80 million private-sector workers. Two Democrats, Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Jon Tester (Mont.), joined all 50 Republicans in supporting the resolution.
The news was covered across the spectrum. Right-rated outlets tended to cover it more prominently and highlight the two Democrats who voted with Republicans. Some coverage from left-rated sources framed it as a symbolic act meant to appease GOP voters heading into the 2022 elections.
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The Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution that would block President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for large private companies from taking place after two Democrats joined Republicans in backing the bill.
The joint resolution, brought by Indiana Republican Sen. Mike Braun, passed 52-48 with the support of Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Jon Tester of Montana. It passed under the Congressional Review Act, a law that empowers the minority party in the Senate to force a vote of disapproval on a federal rule.
“I’m not crazy about...
The Senate on Wednesday voted to nix President Biden’s vaccine mandate for larger businesses, handing Republicans a symbolic win.
Senators voted 52-48 on the resolution, which needed a simple majority to be approved. Democratic Sens. Jon Tester (Mont.) and Joe Manchin (W.Va.) voted with Republicans, giving it enough support to be sent to the House.
The resolution faces an uphill path in the House, where Republicans aren’t able to use a similar fast-track process to force a vote over the objections of Democratic leadership. Instead, Republicans are hoping to get the simple majority needed to force a...
The Senate voted Wednesday night to overturn President Joe Biden's Covid-19 vaccine or testing mandate for private businesses with 100 or more employees.
While it likely won't become law since its chances of getting a vote in the House are uncertain and Biden is certain to veto it, the effort demonstrates the bipartisan opposition in Congress to the federal government's vaccine mandate for large employers.
The effort was led by Indiana Republican Sen. Mike Braun, and it needed just a simple majority of 51 votes to be approved by the chamber.
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