{"id":1073220,"date":"2021-12-01T15:29:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T20:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1073220"},"modified":"2021-12-01T15:29:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T20:29:51","slug":"congressional-republicans-using-legislative-process-threat-of-shutdown-to-challenge-biden-vaccine-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-republicans-using-legislative-process-threat-of-shutdown-to-challenge-biden-vaccine-mandates\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressional Republicans Using Legislative Process, Threat Of Shutdown To Challenge Biden Vaccine Mandates"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcongressional-republicans-using-legislative-process-threat-of-shutdown-to-challenge-biden-vaccine-mandates%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1073220&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Congressional Republicans are planning to use an array of legislative tools, including the threat of a government shutdown, to challenge the Biden administration\u2019s vaccine mandates, according to a report from Politico.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report from Wednesday\u2019s edition of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook\/2021\/12\/01\/scoop-conservatives-plot-government-shutdown-over-vaccine-mandate-495273\">Politico Playbook<\/a>,\u201d Conservatives in the Senate GOP caucus are planning to object to the continuing resolution to fund the government through January 2022, unless Democrats agree to scrap funding for enforcement of the federal vaccine mandate. Because the Senate is running on an incredibly small clock \u2013 funding officially expires Friday \u2013 and because Senate rules require unanimous consent to move the bill forward at an expedited pace, conservative senators believe they can drag out debate past the expiration of funding.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure we would all like to simplify the process for resolving the CR, but I can\u2019t facilitate that without addressing the vaccine mandates,\u201d Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee said in a statement to Politico. \u201cGiven that federal courts across the country have raised serious issues with these mandates, it\u2019s not unreasonable for my Democratic colleagues to delay enforcement of the mandates for at least the length of the continuing resolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Senate Democratic leadership staffer told Politico that without a unanimous consent agreement, it would take at least five days to run the resolution through the legislative process, which would mean a shutdown lasting until at least Sunday, possibly into next week. There is a lot of uncertainty around the move, however. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said that the government would not shut down, and that \u201cnobody should be concerned about a government shutdown.\u201d However, a group of around 12 Republican senators, led by Kansas Senator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.senate.gov\/press-releases\/sen-marshall-leads-effort-to-defund-the-vaccine-mandate\/\">Roger Marshall<\/a>, signed a letter to Minority Leader Chuck Schumer earlier this month that said they \u201cwill use all means at our disposal to oppose\u201d legislation that funds or facilitates the federal government\u2019s vaccine mandate.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some Republicans thought Democrats would shoulder the blame and bend to their demands out of political fear. Others, possibly including McConnell, believed that the move would backfire and hurt Republicans, as shutdowns usually only hurt the party making demands. The arguments from both sides were made at a Senate GOP lunch Tuesday, and were expected to be made again at another luncheon today, Politico reported.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Republicans in the House of Representatives backed the move. The conservative House Freedom Caucus voted Tuesday to put pressure on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to crack the whip on the party\u2019s support for the resolution. The last funding extension garnered 34 Republican votes, Politico noted, as Republican leadership did not whip votes against it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is leverage immediately in the Senate, and we think that House Republicans ought to be backing up any number of Senate Republicans \u2026 to use all procedural tools to deny the continuing resolution passage Friday night \u2014 unless they restrict use of those funds for vaccine mandates,\u201d Freedom Caucus member and Texas Representative Chip Roy told Politico.<\/p>\n<p>The senators\u2019 move comes after a Senate candidate previously made the suggestion that Republicans should shut down the government until the vaccine mandate is struck down. Speaking at a GOP primary forum, Ohio Senate candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/j-d-vance-shut-down-federal-government-until-vaccine-mandates-end\">J.D. Vance<\/a> lambasted Republicans for caving to Biden on infrastructure spending and the debt limit while the administration \u201cforc[es] a vaccine mandate down people\u2019s throats.\u201d&nbsp; \u201cInstead of giving them a bipartisan flag to wave, we should shut down the government until the vaccine mandate ends,\u201d Vance said.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressional Republicans are planning to use an array of legislative tools, including the threat of a government shutdown, to challenge the Biden administration\u2019s vaccine mandates, according to a report from Politico.According to the report from Wednesday\u2019s edition of \u201cPolitico Playbook,\u201d Conservatives in the Senate GOP caucus are planning to object to the continuing resolution to fund the government through January 2022, unless Democrats agree to scrap funding for enforcement of the federal vaccine mandate. Because the Senate is running on an incredibly small clock \u2013 funding officially expires Friday \u2013 and because Senate rules require unanimous consent to move the bill forward at an expedited pace, conservative senators believe they can drag out debate past the expiration of funding.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m sure we would all like to simplify the process for resolving the CR, but I can\u2019t facilitate that without addressing the vaccine mandates,\u201d Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee said in a statement to Politico. \u201cGiven that federal courts across the country have raised serious issues with these mandates, it\u2019s not unreasonable for my Democratic colleagues to delay enforcement of the mandates for at least the length of the continuing resolution.\u201dA Senate Democratic leadership staffer told Politico that without a unanimous consent agreement, it would take at least five days to run the resolution through the legislative process, which would mean a shutdown lasting until at least Sunday, possibly into next week. There is a lot of uncertainty around the move, however. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said that the government would not shut down, and that \u201cnobody should be concerned about a government shutdown.\u201d However, a group of around 12 Republican senators, led by Kansas Senator Roger Marshall, signed a letter to Minority Leader Chuck Schumer earlier this month that said they \u201cwill use all means at our disposal to oppose\u201d legislation that funds or facilitates the federal government\u2019s vaccine mandate.\u00a0\u00a0Some Republicans thought Democrats would shoulder the blame and bend to their demands out of political fear. Others, possibly including McConnell, believed that the move would backfire and hurt Republicans, as shutdowns usually only hurt the party making demands. The arguments from both sides were made at a Senate GOP lunch Tuesday, and were expected to be made again at another luncheon today, Politico reported.\u00a0Republicans in the House of Representatives backed the move. The conservative House Freedom Caucus voted Tuesday to put pressure on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to crack the whip on the party\u2019s support for the resolution. The last funding extension garnered 34 Republican votes, Politico noted, as Republican leadership did not whip votes against it.\u00a0\u201cThere is leverage immediately in the Senate, and we think that House Republicans ought to be backing up any number of Senate Republicans \u2026 to use all procedural tools to deny the continuing resolution passage Friday night \u2014 unless they restrict use of those funds for vaccine mandates,\u201d Freedom Caucus member and Texas Representative Chip Roy told Politico.The senators\u2019 move comes after a Senate candidate previously made the suggestion that Republicans should shut down the government until the vaccine mandate is struck down. Speaking at a GOP primary forum, Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance lambasted Republicans for caving to Biden on infrastructure spending and the debt limit while the administration \u201cforc[es] a vaccine mandate down people\u2019s throats.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cInstead of giving them a bipartisan flag to wave, we should shut down the government until the vaccine mandate ends,\u201d Vance said.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1073220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1073220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1073220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1073220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1073220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}