{"id":1078534,"date":"2021-12-02T22:43:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T03:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1078534"},"modified":"2021-12-02T22:44:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T03:44:01","slug":"senate-blocks-amendment-to-defund-biden-vaccine-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-blocks-amendment-to-defund-biden-vaccine-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Blocks Amendment to Defund 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\">16<\/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%2Fsenate-blocks-amendment-to-defund-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=1078534&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1234837920-1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Senate on Thursday blocked an amendment to a stop-gap funding bill that would defund President Joe Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate voted 48-50, just a few votes short of the 51-vote majority necessary to pass the Marshall-Lee amendment to H.R. 6119, the continuing resolution (CR). The Marshall-Lee proposal would have defunded Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate. The CR would fund the government through February 18.<\/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>Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), who voted for the Marshall-Lee amendment, said in a statement after the vote:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p>President Biden\u2019s overreaching vaccine mandate will hurt Montana small businesses and&nbsp;force hardworking Montanans out of their jobs. Tonight, the Senate had a chance to help kill the mandate, yet every Senate Democrat, including the senior senator from Montana, chose to stand with Biden and voted against it. I won\u2019t stop fighting until Biden\u2019s mandates are no longer a reality.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Two Republicans, Sens. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and John Thune (R-SD), were absent for the vote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.568345323741\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hagerty won\u2019t be in the senate tonight, per \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JuddPDeere?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JuddPDeere<\/a>\u2069 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mk3UV7vZgK\">pic.twitter.com\/mk3UV7vZgK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeSherman\/status\/1466561776670150665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Ron Johnson (R-WI) led the movement in the Senate to defund the Biden vaccine mandate.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate conservatives threatened to shut down the federal government if the Senate did not vote on their proposed amendment. The federal government will shut down on December 3 if Congress does not pass the CR.<\/p>\n<p>The CR passed through the House earlier on Thursday despite the objections of House Republicans; only one Republican, the Never Trump Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), voted in favor of the CR.<\/p>\n<p>Two moderate Democrats, Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/burgessev\/status\/1466581282050162693?s=20\">voted<\/a> against the proposed amendment.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin said earlier on Thursday that he might vote for the Biden vaccine mandate, expressing concerns about a private sector vaccine mandate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/02\/joe-manchin-leaves-option-open-defund-joe-biden-vaccine-mandate\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the Senate floor Thursday afternoon, Lee gave an impassioned speech calling for the Senate to vote on his proposal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want a vote on one amendment. I want the members of this body to go on record on whether they support funding in this bill. President Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate,\u201d Lee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/02\/mike-lee-american-people-have-right-to-know-if-senators-oppose-biden-vaccine-mandate\/\">said<\/a>. \u201cThe American people have a right to know through our votes where we stand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to shut down the government. The only thing I want to shut down is Congress funding enforcement of an immoral, unconstitutional vaccine mandate,\u201d Lee added.<\/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><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate on Thursday blocked an amendment to a stop-gap funding bill that would defund President Joe Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate. 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