Lawmakers have reached an agreement on a stopgap spending bill to keep the federal government running through mid-February amid threats of a shutdown.
President Biden announces new measures as scientists try to determine how dangerous the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 will be.
“Our Republican colleagues, meanwhile, can either work with us to move the process quickly through the chamber, or they can engage in obstructive tactics that will make a government shutdown almost a certainty,” said Schumer . As the political arguments mount over requiring vaccinations for some groups of workers, so, too, have legal challenges. Courts have been knocking back the Biden administration’s vaccination mandates, including a ruling this week blocking enforcement of a requirement for some healthcare workers.The Omicron variant was probably incubated in a person with poorly controlled HIV who struggled to clear a coronavirus infection.
“One of the things I’m a little concerned about is: Why would we make ourselves the object of public attention by creating the specter of a government shutdown?” said Sen. John Cornyn , a party leader.halt the vaccination mandatesThe idea is to have the Senate vote to strip funding from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to implement the Biden administration’s requirement that private employers with 100 or more workers ensure they are vaccinated or regularly tested, senators said.
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