Senators are set to vote this week on a resolution introduced by Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) that would nullify the Biden administration’s vaccinate-or-test mandate for companies with 100 or more employees.
Braun, ranking member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, introduced the resolution under the the Congressional Review Act. The CRA is the official process for Congress to overturn an executive branch rule if both houses of Congress agree. Rep. Fred Keller (R-PA), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections spearheaded a similar resolution in the House of Representatives.
With support from all 50 Republican Senators and possibly one Democrat, “this move to overturn President Biden’s vaccine or test mandate for private employers is guaranteed a vote on the Senate floor,” Braun stated.
“Republicans are united against President Biden’s vaccine-or-test mandate for businesses, but this federal overreach is not a partisan issue, and the consequences of this mandate are affecting Americans in all 50 states,” Braun said while introducing the measure last month.
The resolution can pass with a simple majority vote, and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) indicated last week that he will likely join Senate Republicans on the issue.
The resolution is unlikely to pass in the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives, however. Democrats hold the majority with 221 members to 213 Republican representatives.
But even if the revolution passes both houses of Congress, President Biden has the authority to veto the action.
