Senator Mike Braun’s formal challenge to President Biden’s vaccine mandate for private businesses passed the U.S. Senate on December 8 by a bipartisan vote.
This challenge, which fell under the Congressional Review Act, was supported by all Senate Republicans and joined by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (West Virginia) and Sen. Jon Tester (Montana). Congressman Fred Keller (PA-12) introduced the same resolution in the House of Representatives, which has been cosponsored by every House Republican.
The Congressional Review Act is the official process for Congress to eliminate an executive branch rule.
“The bipartisan Senate passage of my challenge to President Biden’s vaccine mandate on private businesses sends a crystal clear message to the White House: Back off and stop this crazy federal overreach,” Braun says. “Now, following this bipartisan victory in the Senate, we look to the House of Representatives for five Democratic representatives who will stand up for small business owners and the rights of their constituents against this big government-gone-wild mandate.”
