The U.S. Senate on March 10 rejected a measure that would bar funding for COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The party-line 50–49 vote saw all Democrats vote against the amendment, offered by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), and all Republicans vote for it. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) did not vote because he was experiencing mild COVID-19 symptoms, his office said. “I want to express my explicit support for defunding vaccine mandates,” Inhofe said in a statement. “Like I have said before, these mandates are unconstitutional and wrong—they would put over half a million Oklahoma workers at risk of losing their jobs over a personal medical decision.” The measure required a simple majority, but wouldn’t have passed even if Inhofe had joined his Republican colleagues, due to the tiebreaking vote held by the vice president. The amendment was introduced to “prohibit funding for COVID-19 vaccine mandates.” It would have altered H.R.2471, or the Haiti Development, » Read full article
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