The US Senate wants to prevent US President Joe Biden’s company vaccination requirements. Now Biden had to accept a small setback – but nothing has been finally decided.
Washington – The administration of US President Joe Biden is also encountering opposition in Congress with its efforts to achieve extensive vaccination requirements in the fight against the corona pandemic.
The US Senate voted with Republican votes yesterday, backed by two Democrats, to overturn Biden’s vaccination requirements for large companies. In order to actually abolish the compulsory vaccination, a corresponding vote of the other Congress Chamber, the House of Representatives, would be necessary – which is considered very unlikely. And even if both chambers of congress speak out against the vaccination rule, the president could veto the resolution. So the advance does not really have a chance. But he shows some displeasure with Biden’s course on the issue, even among individual party colleagues of the democratic president.
Democrats switch sides
Specifically, it is about a regulation for companies with more than 100 employees. As of January 4th, they will have to require their employees to either be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus or to have weekly negative tests. There is also legal resistance to this: at the beginning of November, a federal appeals court in New Orleans suspended the implementation of a corresponding order by the government in Washington.
For the Senate vote yesterday, two Democratic senators, Joe Manchin and Jon Tester, sided with the Republicans, helping them gain a slim majority. It is very unlikely that the resolution could also succeed in the Democratic-dominated House of Representatives. And even if a majority were achieved in both chambers, Biden would veto it, as his spokeswoman Jen Psaki made clear in advance on Tuesday. dpa
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