{"id":1077232,"date":"2021-12-02T15:59:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T20:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1077232"},"modified":"2021-12-02T15:59:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T20:59:11","slug":"joe-manchin-leaves-option-open-to-defund-joe-biden-vaccine-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-manchin-leaves-option-open-to-defund-joe-biden-vaccine-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Manchin Leaves Option Open to Defund Joe Biden Vaccine Mandate"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fjoe-manchin-leaves-option-open-to-defund-joe-biden-vaccine-mandate%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=1077232&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 class=\"subheading\">Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Thursday declined to say if he would vote for a Republican amendment to defund President Joe Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin, when <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/584004-manchin-wont-rule-out-backing-gop-effort-to-defund-biden-vaccine-mandate\">asked<\/a> if he would vote for an amendment to block funding for Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate, said he is still \u201cworking\u201d through it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been very supportive of a mandate for federal government, for military. \u2026 I\u2019ve been less enthused about it in the private sector,\u201d the West Virginia Democrat said.<\/p>\n<p>Congressional leaders have struck a tentative deal to fund the federal government through February; however, many Senate conservatives, led by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), hope to use the spectre of a government shutdown to defund Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9283420\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mike-Lee-hand-ap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9283420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mike-Lee-hand-ap.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Lee\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, speaks on the Senate Floor at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City (AP Photo\/Rick Bowmer, File).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Ron Johnson (R-WI), and Roger Marshall (R-KS) support the strategy.<\/p>\n<p>The conservative senators have pushed their proposed amendment to defund the vaccine mandate to receive a simple majority vote, or 51 votes, instead.<\/p>\n<p>This would mean that with all Republican and Manchin\u2019s support, the amendment would be included as part of the continuing resolution (CR).<\/p>\n<p>Marshall said that the amendment vote, in exchange for speeding up the passage of the CR, is \u201con the table right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSen. Lee, Sen. Cruz, and myself will be talking with leadership and seeing what that amendment opportunity looks like,\u201d Marshall explained.<\/p>\n<p>Even if the amendment were attached in the Senate, the House would have to agree to the CR with the amended CR, as would President Joe Biden if the bill was sent to his desk.<\/p>\n<p>Congress will shut down Friday at midnight if Congress fails to pass a CR or another government-funding bill before then.<\/p>\n<p><i>Sean Moran is a congressional reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanMoran3\"><i>@SeanMoran3<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Thursday declined to say if he would vote for a Republican amendment to defund President Joe Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate. 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