The letter was signed by 13 Republican senators, but Sen. Rand Paul said about 20 senators have committed to supporting the effort to try to block the bill.
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Group of GOP Senators Demand a Vote to End Vaccine Mandate, or They'll Try to Block Defense Bill
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Defense bill likely to include end to military vaccine mandate, source says
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GOP squeezing lame duck Dems to secure end to military vaccine mandate
The letter was signed by 13 Republican senators, but Sen. Rand Paul said about 20 senators have committed to supporting the effort to try to block the bill.
Republican governors are urging congressional leaders to end the Biden administration's military COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the upcoming National Defense Authorization Act.
Several Senate Republicans have reiterated their demand that the U.S. military drop its coronavirus vaccine mandate and urged Republican leadership to use the National Defense Authorization Act as leverage in negotiations.
The seven Republicans say they will prolong consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act unless they get a vote on their proposal to lift a vaccination requirement.
House GOP Leader McCarthy says he met with President Biden last week and vowed that the military vaccine mandate will end or the national defense bill will not move forward.
Democratic leadership in Congress is considering allowing the GOP-led legislation to move forward, potentially as part of a must-pass defense bill, sources tell NBC News.
By Manu Raju and Phil Mattingly, CNN A massive bill setting defense policy is likely to end the military vaccine mandate, a source familiar with the negotiations tells CNN, coming on the heels of intense GOP lobbying to kill the mandate and acceptance from leading Democrats that it’s time for a chan…
Republicans are demanding an end to the military's vaccine mandate in exchange for supporting the Defense Department's budget authorization, and President Biden may comply.
Calls to repeal the military’s vaccine mandate through a must-pass defense spending bill are picking up steam despite Democrats’ resistance to changing the requirements.
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