The Biden admin. sees vaccine mandates as a key tool to get America out of the pandemic. Now it's fighting challenges to them on multiple fronts.
The mandates were heralded as a way to help get America out of the Covid pandemic, but Biden now finds himself fighting for them — particularly the one that targets private businesses — on three fronts: in the judicial system, in Congress and in the court of public opinion.
"It’s good politics," a Democratic House member said of vaccination mandates. But the lawmaker lamented that"some in the White House want to quietly walk away." White House officials have said the mandates are already delivering the intended results, regardless of the recent political and legal challenges.
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