The Senate voted to block President Biden's vaccine mandate on private employers, but the measure faces a tougher path in the House and a veto from the president
The White House Office of Management and Budget said on Tuesday that it will strongly encourage Biden to veto the Senate legislation if it passes.
The policy required businesses with 100 or more employees to make sure their staff is vaccinated by Jan. 4, or submit a negative Covid test weekly to enter the workplace. Unvaccinated workers were supposed to start wearing facemasks indoors on Dec. 5. The Biden administration asked the Sixth Circuit to reinstate the vaccination and testing requirements, warning that delaying the policy would cost lives and increase hospitalizations. The Justice Department filed the motion on Nov. 23, only days before the heavily mutated omicron variant came to the world's attention.
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