{"id":1317774,"date":"2022-02-20T11:07:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T16:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1317774"},"modified":"2022-02-20T11:08:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T16:08:45","slug":"senate-republicans-had-a-chance-to-force-dems-into-defunding-covid-jab-mandates-and-they-blew-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-had-a-chance-to-force-dems-into-defunding-covid-jab-mandates-and-they-blew-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Republicans Had A Chance To Force Dems Into Defunding Covid Jab Mandates, And They Blew It"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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-republicans-had-a-chance-to-force-dems-into-defunding-covid-jab-mandates-and-they-blew-it%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=1317774&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\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-18-at-1.09.51-PM-e1645211972659.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Senate Republicans declined to protect people\u2019s right to decide what goes into their own kids\u2019 bodies by caving to Democrats\u2019 budget demands this week. <\/p>\n<p>Despite efforts by some conservative legislators to defund Covid-19 jab mandates and shut down the radical, Democrat-controlled government, 19 Senate Republicans voted with leftists to pass a budget extension that was already approved by the House earlier this month. <\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz was one of the GOP members who tried to strategically cut off federal funding for schools and child care centers that are forcing the Covid shot on children through an amendment to the budget. Cruz said drastic action was necessary to combat an \u201cabsolute abuse of power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnough is enough. It\u2019s time to stop the&nbsp;petty tyrants imposing Covid-19&nbsp;vaccine mandates on families across the country,\u201d Cruz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruz.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/senator-cruz-introduces-amendment-to-stop-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-on-children-cut-off-federal-funds-for-schools\">said<\/a> when he introduced the amendment. \u201cNo child should be denied an education because of his or her personal medical choice. Schools shouldn\u2019t get federal taxpayer dollars to trample on our constitutional liberties. It\u2019s time for all of us to take a stand. Are you with parents and kids, or power hungry politicians?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The amendment garnered some support from his fellow GOP senators but not enough. Two Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Roy Blunt of Missouri, voted against the amendment while another four Republicans \u2014 Sens. Richard Burr, Lindsey Graham, Jim Inhofe, and Mitt Romney \u2014 did not vote on it at all, against Cruz\u2019s urgings. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only way Dems win the vote is if Rs skip town,\u201d Cruz tweeted on Thursday. \u201cDon\u2019t!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"r7ocYCtxKDZOzL\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NO REPUBLICAN SENATOR should leave town this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer is panicking right now because Dems WILL LOSE THE VOTE on my amendment &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenMikeLee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenMikeLee<\/a> amendment to BLOCK BIDEN\u2019s VACCINE MANDATES &amp; BLOCK MANDATES ON KIDS.<\/p>\n<p>The only way Dems win the vote is if Rs skip town. <\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1494406038010871809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Sen. Mike Lee also proposed an amendment to defund jab mandates for medical workers, military personnel, federal employees, and others whom President Joe Biden has tried to force into getting the jab with ultimatums. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"yOQjLGcNgVImzAeKnZlaUvkTptdX\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenateGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenateGOP<\/a> has a very real chance of defunding <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a>\u2019s remaining vaccine mandates IF every Republican stays for the vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenMikeLee\/status\/1494388012209352711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Ultimately, Cruz\u2019s amendment failed in a 44-49 vote. Lee\u2019s also failed in a 46-47 vote. <\/p>\n<p>Internal Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/national-politics\/article\/Democrats-polling-reveals-COVID-warning-16927032.php\">polling suggests<\/a> that at least 57 percent of voters in swing districts for the upcoming 2022 midterms think \u201cDemocrats in Congress have taken things too far in their pandemic response\u201d but that didn\u2019t stop some Senate Republicans from refusing to force Democrats\u2019 hands into denouncing vaccine mandates. Instead, after Cruz and Lee\u2019s amendments failed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_votes\/vote1172\/vote_117_2_00064.htm\">19 GOP members voted in favor<\/a> of giving the leftist-controlled government more time to grab for funding.<\/p>\n<p>Among them were Blunt, Collins, Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, Sen. Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi, Sen. John Kennedy of Lousiana, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Sen. Robert Portman of Ohio, Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, and Sen. Todd Young of Indiana. <\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/majority-leader-schumer-floor-remarks-on-funding-the-government-a-productive-work-period-and-moving-forward-on-the-womens-health-protection-act-post-office-reform-and-lower-costs\">thanked<\/a> Republicans, especially McConnell, \u201cfor helping us get this done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have kept the government open. It took some work, especially when the Senate rules lend themselves to delay and obstruction,\u201d Schumer said.  <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire and Fox News. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordangdavidson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Republicans declined to protect people\u2019s right to decide what goes into their own kids\u2019 bodies by caving to Democrats\u2019 budget demands this week. 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