Posted on 02/15/2022 12:38:41 PM PST by RandFan
A group of six conservative senators is warning they will oppose expedited passage of the stopgap bill to fund the government unless they get a vote to defund the remaining vaccine mandates the Biden administration imposed.
GOP Sens. Mike Lee of Utah, Roger Marshall of Kansas, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Mike Braun of Indiana, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ted Cruz of Texas signed onto a letter suggesting they won't agree to a quick vote on the stopgap bill without an agreement for a vote on an amendment defunding enforcement of vaccine mandates.
"We will continue to stand against these mandates until they are discontinued in ambition, design, and practice," they wrote. "For that reason, we are writing to let you know that we will not consent to a time agreement that eases passage of the Continuing Resolution ... now before the Senate absent an agreement to allow for a roll call vote on an amendment that defunds the enforcement of these vaccine mandates for the spending period covered by the CR."
A similar scenario played out back in December, but the standoff ended with an agreement to hold votes on a stopgap bill as well as a GOP amendment to prohibit the use of federal funding for Covid-19 vaccine mandates, which ultimately failed.
The vote, however, failed with two Republican absences. With Democrats down a member -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico is absent after a stroke -- another vote could be tight. Democrats have not announced if they would give Republicans a vote at all.
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Six.
Tells you all you need to know about the other scumbags.
Finally, some republicans are no longer struck mute on this topic.
Rand Paul and Mike Lee were elected in 2010.
Ted Cruz was elected in 2012.
The tea party helped them.
Yes it does, unfortunately.
The GOP doing what it does. Pretending to side with the base while quietly arranging to ensure that what they promise cannot pass. Maybe it's time we stop considering them our friends.
Even school districts receive millions if they adhere to Covid mandates. This atrocity is motivated by how much money can be received, not so much because they are believers.
Cut off the incentive $ !
More might vote in favor.
Good for Rand Paul for leading this effort and for the other five who joined him.
Where are the other 44 Republican Senators?
Are they at their typewriters right now writing page after page about how they also oppose all mandates of the poisons called COVID vaccines?
The Tea Party was abolished, and it’s legacy stomped on.
I have a mixed reaction to this news.
From what I see vaccine mandates are soon doomed and the Democrats can easily agree to end the mandates.
And the RINO Republicans can then use the ‘end of mandates’ as their excuse to continue funding big government.
Anyway that is how I see things.
Good observation. The department of education should never be funded.
Good for them for proposing this, but no chance of passing it. Grandstanding? Theater? They already tried this once and it went nowhere.
I think this says it all:
“Democrats have not announced if they would give Republicans a vote at all.”
And Mike Lee is such a “conservative senator” he fights tooth and nail for H1B Visas to be increased. Selling out American workers for his support.
Of course, look at his “contributors” to understand who he’s selling American jobs to:
Mandates weren’t funded. Fools followed them willingly.
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