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Posted on 11/07/2021 9:48:16 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Republican senators, led by Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.), are setting the wheels in motion to overturn the Biden Administration’s controversial vaccine mandate on private sector businesses.
Braun, the senior Republican on the Senate Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, which oversees OSHA, led the charge at a Nov. 3 presser. “This week, President Biden’s White House is expected to issue a Rule to officially mandate vaccination requirements for employees at private businesses with more than 100 employees. The rule [will] affect more than 80 million Americans, and imposes $14,000 fines for persons who do not comply,” said Braun in a statement.
The Biden Mandate is expected to be yet another massive disruptor to businesses and supply chains already roiled by COVID-19 interruptions.
“This rule by the Biden administration is a highly inappropriate invasion of what should be a personal medical decision for every American,” said Braun. “The federal vaccine mandate threatens to worsen the current labor shortage and further disrupt supply chains. This unacceptable federal directive impacts tens of millions of Americans and warrants review by Congress, the representatives elected by the American people to make the laws.”
In September, the Biden Administration announced the new rule, which requires businesses with 100 or more employees to act as vaccine mandate enforcers. With few exemptions, employers must require all employees to be fully vaccinated or else constantly masked and show weekly negative COVID tests—often at the employee’s own expense. Businesses have until January 4, 2022, to get with the program. OSHA will conduct onsite inspections to make sure they are compliant, and those that aren’t will face fines that can range from $13,653 to $136,532.
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If proponents are able to get a resolution through both chambers, Biden would undoubtedly veto it the second it hits his desk. Republicans will then need to convince Congress to override the President’s veto—an uphill battle with both chambers currently under Democrat control. But Republican support is solid in the Senate—42 Senators have already signed on, and a GOP aide told Fox News that there isn’t any Republican disapproval of the resolution.
House Republicans are also readying their opposition to the mandate. Rep. Fred Keller (R-Pa.), the senior Republican on the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, blasted the new rule. “At a time when we should be doing everything possible to get Americans back to work safely, this politically-driven mandate will unnecessarily stifle private sector job growth across the country.”
And with a great many Democrats in vulnerable positions going into the 2022 midterms elections, it’s possible some of them could be peeled off the Democrat hardline. Whether Republicans can rally enough Democrat support to override the expected veto remains to be seen, but nothing ventured, nothing gained.
And if Republicans ultimately fail to garner enough Democrat support to repeal the controversial mandate, then Democrats will have to explain themselves to their angry constituents a few months later, when more jobs have been lost, supply chains further weakened, and shortages worsened— and voters are heading to the polls.
All well and good but I trust litigation more then the abilities of the GOP minority.
Why didn’t they do this at the onset? So many got the shots because they feared losing their jobs. I don’t understand why they wait until much harm has been done.
About F ing time ! Republicans have no idea how to wield power.
My guess is that the Congressional Republicans will block this move by the Congressional Republicans, so that the Progressive Democrat agenda can move forward unimpeded.
RE: All well and good but I trust litigation more then the abilities of the GOP minority.
It’s better to attack on two fronts.
At this point in time legislation probably won’t work unless two things happen:
1) Moderate Democrats, knowing that they will be on record as supporting the mandates, will try to save their own butts and vote with the Republicans
) Joe Biden does not veto the expected bill ( fat chance of that ).
So yes, legislation is a tough hill to climb at this point in time.
Whoever is pulling Brandon’s strings wants the 50 states to implode financially under the weight of D.C.’s unconstitutional mask/vaccine “ mandates “
Cloward-Piven
Litigation? Legislation? It’d be hilarious if the situation weren’t so serious.
It’s gonna take a nationwide shutdown/strike to bring these communist bassturds to heel.
just need to get an roll call vote on it..even if it fails..
lets go brandon
Yes, the Republicans are generally more comfortable with being subservient.
I doubt this will do any good, except to show they don't approve, because they'll have to have Democrats in both the House and Senate to go along with it, not to mention Biden signing against his own order.
The rule is too weak. With that procedure, Congress could repeal a real, properly enacted law. That too high a bar, it presumes legitimacy of the regulation.
At MOST a simple majority vote of one house or the other, or for the President to withdraw it should be all that’s needed. If it were a law, it wouldn’t have passed without both houses plus POTUS signature.
This treats it with the dignity of a law correctly past.
Passed [thanks android]
“ All well and good but I trust litigation more then the abilities of the GOP minority.”
Me too where have they been all this time since the mandate was announced?
Looks like they are trying to garner political points on the heels of the emergency stay and probable overturn.
They should have been front and center from day one! 🤪
Get rid of the 13 RINO traitors in the House who voted for the spending monstrosity just passed first.
They waited on this for what reason.
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Maybe they don’t want their kids jabbed with this.
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