{"id":1363259,"date":"2022-03-07T19:39:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T00:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1363259"},"modified":"2022-03-07T19:39:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T00:39:25","slug":"conservatives-demand-defunding-of-vaccine-mandates-lower-energy-prices-in-omnibus-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-demand-defunding-of-vaccine-mandates-lower-energy-prices-in-omnibus-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservatives Demand Defunding of Vaccine Mandates, Lower Energy Prices in Omnibus Bill"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fconservatives-demand-defunding-of-vaccine-mandates-lower-energy-prices-in-omnibus-bill%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=1363259&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\/GettyImages-1335978023-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The House Freedom Caucus and Senate conservatives have demanded that the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill defund President Joe Biden\u2019s remaining vaccine mandates and enact measures to lower energy prices.<\/p>\n<p>House and Senate appropriations leaders continue to draft the parameters of a long-term omnibus spending bill as the government faces a potential shutdown if Congress fails to pass the bill by the end of Friday.<\/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>Board members of the House Freedom Caucus wrote in a letter to House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), requesting that he fight to ensure that Congress has a \u201crobust\u201d debate on aid to Ukraine, unleash policies to reduce energy costs, end the remaining COVID vaccine mandates, and secure the southern border:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Second, our Republican Conferences are united in our belief that it is critical we pivot our federal energy policy.\u00a0 For example, on March 1, 2022, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise outlined key actions that President Biden should immediately take to unleash American energy and counter Russian aggression:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>End Biden\u2019s federal freeze on all new oil and gas projects<\/li>\n<li>Fast-track pending LNG export permits<\/li>\n<li>Expedite approval of all pipeline and energy development<\/li>\n<li>Stop the regulatory assault on American energy development and financing<\/li>\n<li>Stop importing Russian oil<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Whip Scalise is right. We believe that American energy fuels freedom throughout the world and urge you to unite both the House and Senate Republican Conferences in demanding and fighting for the inclusion of these policies in the upcoming appropriations bill.<\/p>\n<p>Third, the President gave lip service to the country moving forward from COVID \u2013 this despite his administration\u2019s policies forcing Americans to be vaccinated or lose their job, and his recent request for additional COVID-19 funding. It is unconscionable that we would continue to fund government enforcement of vaccine mandates at the expense of healthcare workers, federal workers including Border Patrol, and our brave service members \u2013 some of whom are being asked to be at the ready in Eastern Europe.\u00a0 We urge you to use the funding bill(s) to demand the administration remove vaccine mandates and immediately fully reinstate all military and federal employees who lost their jobs due to those mandates.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe request Republican leadership focus not on \u201cparity\u201d of increased government spending and rushed legislation to \u201cavoid a shutdown,\u201d but rather take <em>specific action<\/em> to change the direction of this country on these important issues, among others, by using the power of the purse granted to us in Article I of the U.S. Constitution,\u201d the House Freedom Caucus board wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Ten Senate conservatives said in a statement that they would refuse to expedite the passage of the omnibus government funding bill unless there is a roll call vote on an amendment to defund the remaining vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Ron Jonson (R-WI), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Steve Daines (R-MT), Rick Scott (R-FL), James Lankford (R-OK), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Mike Braun (R-IN), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Rand Paul (R-KY) have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ronjohnson.senate.gov\/services\/files\/B2FA8DB7-52ED-4605-83E9-84F4CB9EEF32\">joined<\/a> the Senate conservative movement to defund the Biden vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\">\u201cWe have consistently opposed President Biden\u2019s federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates, which would force millions of Americans to choose between an unwanted medical procedure and being able to provide for their families. For legal, constitutional, and policy reasons, we remain strongly opposed to the mandates and will continue to work to end their imposition on Americans,\u201d\u00a0the senators wrote in a Dear Colleague letter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\">\u201cThese COVID-19 vaccine mandates amount to a serious abuse of both federal power and executive authority.\u00a0 \u2026 President Biden has no business forcing people to make a tragic choice between unemployment and an unwanted vaccination,\u201d the senators continued. \u201cAdditionally, it is particularly troubling for the President to ask thousands of troops to amass in eastern Europe while simultaneously demanding they get a politicized vaccine.\u201d<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\">\u201cHistory will bear record of whether we chose to endure tyranny, or oppose it, in this pivotal moment. We invite you to stand with us and oppose the continued funding of these mandates,\u201d the senators concluded in their letter.<\/p>\n<p><i>Sean Moran is a congressional reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanMoran3\"><span><i>@SeanMoran3<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House Freedom Caucus and Senate conservatives have demanded that the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill defund President Joe Biden\u2019s remaining vaccine mandates and enact measures to lower energy prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-1363259","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\/1363259","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1363259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363259\/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=1363259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1363259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1363259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}