Senate Republicans passed a measure backing the termination of the government’s two-year-old emergency declaration on the Covid-19 pandemic, taking advantage of several Democratic absences in the 50-50 chamber
What is an endemic and how will we know when Covid-19 becomes one? WSJ’s Daniela Hernandez breaks down how public-health experts assess when a virus like Covid-19 enters an endemic stage. Photo: Michael Nagle/Zuma PressWASHINGTON—Senate Republicans passed a measure backing the termination of the government’s two-year-old, taking advantage of several Democratic absences in the 50-50 chamber.
The measure passed Thursday 48-47 along party lines, and it is unlikely that it will get a vote in the Democratic-controlled House. If it were to pass both chambers, the White House promised a veto by President Biden, saying the measure would “abruptly curtail the ability of the Administration to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic.”
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