Posted on 11/07/2021 7:21:52 AM PST by george76
With the Biden administration facing a growing wave of lawsuits to stop the president’s vaccine mandate on companies, an Indiana businessman-turned-senator believes he has the quickest way to kill it.
Sen. Mike Braun, backed by most GOP senators, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, is hopeful of nixing the mandate through the arcane but effective Congressional Review Act. It would force a vote in both Houses just before Christmas and when 93,000 firms could be firing unvaccinated workers.
The act allows Congress to review federal rules, normally ignored by the House and Senate. In this case, he would target the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s new proposal that firms with 100-plus workers have all employees vaccinated by Jan. 4 or face a hefty fine.
It was used effectively in the first year of the Trump administration to kick start the former president’s effort to wipe away costly rules that put mountains of red tape and costs on the public.
Braun, a former farmer and auto parts distributor, feels forcing a vote will make centrist Democrats reconsider Biden’s unilateral mandate when the pink slips start flowing.
“I’ll give them credit,” he told us. “They’re like politician entrepreneurs who’ve never taken a Finance 101 class,” he said. "Are they just trying to produce catchphrases and things that you can take them to task on?”
In an interview, he cited a survey showing that very few — 14% — support the firing of employees who refuse COVID vaccinations.
What’s more, while the president has doubled down on requiring businesses to take the heat on the issue, he has started to pare back federal requirements on contractors and the military.
The OSHA rule came down yesterday, starting a near three-week period of review. During that time, Braun plans to take advantage of the process to call a vote, which will be decided by a simple majority.
Under congressional rules, a vote is guaranteed, and that is likely to pressure Democrats forced to choose a side on the federal mandate.
“Moderate Democrats in the House and the Senate will have to put on record if they support this federal overreach putting people out of work in their states,” said a Senate aide.
“centrist” Democrats?
Center of WHAT?
Oh! I bet the dems are scared now. /s
If Covid could kill 900,000 Americans and has killed 750,000, then it might kill 150,000 Americans, about as many as might die from influenza in a year.
I bet it would pass unanimously.
Very clever way to push this.
It’s not a vax Kill Shot mandate. It’s a “testing mandate” for companies, with a vax Kill Shot opt out.
Like the Obamacare tax that wasn’t a tax.
It’s not rule of law, it’s rule of whim, and spite and vengeance. Why live under their rules?
National Divorce is the answer.
No Civil War - Civil Separation
Choose Freedom - Choose Peace.
As of last week it’s no longer a mandate. It’s a “rule.” And there is no political party substantively opposing this. BOHICA.
Now they are trying to act like they are a real opposition party.........
AFTER they gave the Democrats their Trojan horse bill.
Why the delay?
Workers are already being fired.
The federal government has no power to coerce a person to be injected with a dangerous product.
Let the courts rule on the issue.
It should be up to each mentally competent patient to decide if the benefits of a medical intervention outweigh its risks.
John Katko (R-NY)
Don Bacon (R-NE)
Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ)
Fred Upton (R-MI)
Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)
Don Young (R-AK)
Tom Reed (R-NY)
Chris Smith (R-NJ)
Andrew Garbarino (R-NY)
Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH)
David McKinley (R-WV)
Benedict Arnold is in there somewhere.....
Here are the Senators that voted for the same Trojan horse bill
Dan Sullivan (R-AK) Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) Mike Crapo (R-ID) Roy Blunt (R-MO) Richard Burr (R-NC) Deb Fischer (R-NE) Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Rob Portman (R-OH) Thom Tillis (R-NC) Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Jim Risch (R-ID) Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Bill Cassidy (R-LA) Kevin Cramer (R-ND) Roger Wicker (R-MS) Mitch McConnell (R-KY) John Hoeven (R-ND) Susan Collins (R-ME) Mitt Romney (R-UT)
Mitch $ McCarthy prefer to wait for the most visible political moment to roll out noisy nothings.
Not to quibble but a very bad influenza year kills less than 100,000, a lot less.
Just like they did with Infrastructure Bill
RE: It might kill 150,000 Americans, about as many as might die from influenza in a year.
I have yet to see a year when even a bad season of influenza killed over 100,000 Americans. The worst I’ve read is about 80,000.
It’s just political posturing.
Are we back to the endless votes to eradicate obamacare until can actually do it.. we passef aalmost 2 trillion in union and blue state bail outs so we know you will forgive us if we do the same now. Endless kabuki.
Of hell.🙄
Spanish flu 675,000. Asian flu 115,000. And that is with a US population about half if what it is now.
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