Republicans plan challenge to Biden’s COVID vaccine mandate for businesses
House, Senate lawmakers cite law allowing legislative review
In this file photo, people carry signs as several hundred anti-mandate demonstrators rally outside the Capitol during a special legislative session considering bills targeting COVID-19 vaccine mandates, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, in Tallahassee, Fla. In Washington, congressional Republicans are considering ... more >
By Joseph Clark and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times - Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Republican lawmakers on Wednesday announced plans to formally challenge President Biden’s vaccine mandate for private businesses by invoking Congress‘s right to review such executive orders just weeks before the mandate is scheduled to go into effect.
All 50 Senate and more than 160 House Republicans say they back the use of the Congressional Review Act, which gives lawmakers a mechanism to override an executive-branch rule if passed.
“The broad support that our Congressional Review Act resolution has garnered sends a clear message to President Biden: The American people are fed up with the mandates and government control,” Rep. Fred Keller, the Pennsylvania Republican who is leading the effort in the House, said Thursday.
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