{"id":1078093,"date":"2021-12-02T19:44:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T00:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1078093"},"modified":"2021-12-02T19:44:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T00:44:48","slug":"house-sends-government-funding-bill-to-senate-after-gop-senators-threatened-delay-over-vaccine-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-sends-government-funding-bill-to-senate-after-gop-senators-threatened-delay-over-vaccine-mandates\/","title":{"rendered":"House Sends Government Funding Bill To Senate After GOP Senators Threatened Delay Over 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\">30<\/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%2Fhouse-sends-government-funding-bill-to-senate-after-gop-senators-threatened-delay-over-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=1078093&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=\"p1\">On Thursday, the House of Representatives voted to pass a measure that would prolong funding for the government through February 18th, but the Senate could still pose some challenges to the legislation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/lawmakers-reach-deal-to-prevent-government-shutdown-11638454923\">reported<\/a> by The Wall Street Journal, the measure passed with a vote of 221 to 212. The measure reportedly needs to pass the Senate quickly in order to avoid a government shutdown before the deadline on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Journal noted, \u201csome Republicans are pushing to amend the bill so that it bars the Biden administration from&nbsp;enacting rules requiring many employers&nbsp;to ensure that their workers are vaccinated or tested weekly for&nbsp;Covid-19.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/house-democrats-announce-plan-fund-government-prevent-shutdown-n1285214\">reported<\/a> that the Senate will probably hold a vote on the legislation Thursday evening, according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt is looking good that we are going to pass the CR tonight and make sure the government stays open,\u201d Schumer told the press on Thursday following the House vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Republican legislators want to be able to vote on the amendment with a simple-majority bar instead of a 60-vote requirement. It appears that their hope might be for Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), a more conservative member of the Democratic Party, to vote on their side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019ve been very supportive of a mandate for the federal government, for military, for all the work on government payroll. I\u2019ve been less enthused about, in the private sector, so we\u2019re working through all that,\u201d Manchin said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/house-to-vote-on-avoiding-government-shutdown-gop-senators-could-cause-delay-over-vaccine-mandates\">Republicans have been against a deal<\/a> if it does not include a way to push back against the Biden administration\u2019s overreaching vaccination mandates. As the measure heads to the Senate, it remains to be seen what their next move will be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As The Daily Wire&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/congressional-republicans-using-legislative-process-threat-of-shutdown-to-challenge-biden-vaccine-mandates\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;on Wednesday, \u201cCongressional 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cBecause the Senate is running on an incredibly small clock \u2014 funding officially expires Friday \u2014 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,\u201d The Daily Wire reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) \u201csaid on the Senate floor that if he and other Republican senators got a vote on whether to include funding for vaccine mandates in the upcoming government appropriations bill, they might not delay the government funding bill,\u201d Reuters noted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAll I\u2019m asking for is a vote. It would take 15 minutes, we could do it right now,\u201d Lee noted, adding that he and more Republican senators in favor of the move desire a simple majority on the amendment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) made similar comments to CNBC on Thursday morning. \u201cAll we want is a vote,\u201d he said, adding that he wants senators to have to \u201cput their cards on the table\u201d on whether they support the mandate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/12\/02\/government-shutdown-house-strikes-deal-on-funding-bill.html\">said<\/a>&nbsp;he doesn\u2019t believe \u201cshutting down the government over this issue is going to get an outcome,\u201d noting the vaccine mandate has been challenged and come up against obstacles in federal courts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe\u2019re not going to shut the government down,\u201d said McConnell. \u201cThat makes no sense for anyone. Almost no one on either side thinks that\u2019s a good idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On Thursday, President Joe Biden told the press that he spoke with Schumer and McConnell about avoiding a shutdown. He said that \u201cthere is a plan in place unless somebody decides to be totally erratic, and I don\u2019t think that will happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Daily Wire is fighting Joe Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate in federal court. Join us in this fight by <a href=\"https:\/\/lp.dailywire.com\/osha-petition\/\">signing our petition<\/a> to OSHA, telling them that you will not comply with this mandate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, the House of Representatives voted to pass a measure that would prolong funding for the government through February 18th, but the Senate could still pose some challenges to the legislation.As reported by The Wall Street Journal, the measure passed with a vote of 221 to 212. The measure reportedly needs to pass the Senate quickly in order to avoid a government shutdown before the deadline on Friday.The Journal noted, \u201csome Republicans are pushing to amend the bill so that it bars the Biden administration from\u00a0enacting rules requiring many employers\u00a0to ensure that their workers are vaccinated or tested weekly for\u00a0Covid-19.\u201dNBC News reported that the Senate will probably hold a vote on the legislation Thursday evening, according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).\u201cIt is looking good that we are going to pass the CR tonight and make sure the government stays open,\u201d Schumer told the press on Thursday following the House vote.Republican legislators want to be able to vote on the amendment with a simple-majority bar instead of a 60-vote requirement. It appears that their hope might be for Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), a more conservative member of the Democratic Party, to vote on their side.\u201cI\u2019ve been very supportive of a mandate for the federal government, for military, for all the work on government payroll. I\u2019ve been less enthused about, in the private sector, so we\u2019re working through all that,\u201d Manchin said.Some Republicans have been against a deal if it does not include a way to push back against the Biden administration\u2019s overreaching vaccination mandates. As the measure heads to the Senate, it remains to be seen what their next move will be.As The Daily Wire\u00a0reported\u00a0on Wednesday, \u201cCongressional 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.\u201d\u201cBecause the Senate is running on an incredibly small clock \u2014 funding officially expires Friday \u2014 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,\u201d The Daily Wire reported on Wednesday.Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) \u201csaid on the Senate floor that if he and other Republican senators got a vote on whether to include funding for vaccine mandates in the upcoming government appropriations bill, they might not delay the government funding bill,\u201d Reuters noted.\u201cAll I\u2019m asking for is a vote. It would take 15 minutes, we could do it right now,\u201d Lee noted, adding that he and more Republican senators in favor of the move desire a simple majority on the amendment.Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) made similar comments to CNBC on Thursday morning. \u201cAll we want is a vote,\u201d he said, adding that he wants senators to have to \u201cput their cards on the table\u201d on whether they support the mandate.On Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)\u00a0said\u00a0he doesn\u2019t believe \u201cshutting down the government over this issue is going to get an outcome,\u201d noting the vaccine mandate has been challenged and come up against obstacles in federal courts.\u201cWe\u2019re not going to shut the government down,\u201d said McConnell. \u201cThat makes no sense for anyone. Almost no one on either side thinks that\u2019s a good idea.\u201dOn Thursday, President Joe Biden told the press that he spoke with Schumer and McConnell about avoiding a shutdown. He said that \u201cthere is a plan in place unless somebody decides to be totally erratic, and I don\u2019t think that will happen.\u201dThe Daily Wire is fighting Joe Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate in federal court. Join us in this fight by signing our petition to OSHA, telling them that you will not comply with this mandate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"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-1078093","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\/1078093","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\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1078093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078093\/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=1078093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1078093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1078093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}