Senate Republicans are moving forward with their plans to defund President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine and testing requirements for private businesses.
Senate Republicans are moving forward with their plans to defund President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine and testing requirements for private businesses.
Manchin said on Monday that a vaccine mandate should be implemented for government employees and contractors who interact with government employees, but that he'd prefer to see a process to "incentivize" private sector employees, rather than punish them. Republican Senator Mike Braun of Indiana is leading the effort and initiated the congressional review process to rescind the rule.
"I am pro-vaccine, but I am anti-mandate," said Republican Senator John Barrasso at a Senate GOP press conference Wednesday. "And that's because I believe the mandate is a massive overreach by the government and a massive mistake. And at this point, clearly the courts are agreeing with what we are trying to do." Multiple Republican senators share Barrasso's view and reiterated their support for the vaccines and disapproval of the requirements to be vaccinated.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer accused his Republican colleagues of pushing an "anti-science, anti-vaccine proposal."
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