A bill to rescind the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the U.S. military has passed the House.
imposing the mandate. Only days earlier he voiced support for keeping the mandate in effect.
But, he said the directive only required the initial vaccination and by now that protection has worn off.Republicans said the mandate hurt recruiting and retention efforts. Rep. Mike Rogers, top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, said he intends in the next Congress to examine who was adversely affected by the mandate,"so we can try to revisit that and make them whole to the extent desirable."to obey a lawful order when they refused the vaccine.
Service leaders have said that the number of troops who requested religious or other exemptions to any of those required vaccines — prior to the COVID pandemic — was negligible. The defense policy legislation is critical in shaping the military's future. It sets the maximum number of service members authorized to be in the various branches of the military. It authorizes money for specific major weapons programs and it establishes pay and benefits. This year's bill authorizes money to support a $4.6% pay raise for military members and the Defense Department's civilian workers.
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