GOP May Force Repeal Of Military Vaccine Mandate

Axios reports:

Congress may consider legislation later this week that would scrap the Pentagon’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for military service members. A rollback of the policy may be included in the National Defense Authorization Act, which is set to be unveiled Monday, as a compromise between Republicans and Democrats.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who is vying to become House speaker in the incoming Congress, warned on Fox Business Network’s “Sunday Morning Futures” that the bill would not move forward if the rollback is not included.

Twenty-one Republican governors asked the Biden administration in a letter last week to repeal the policy, claiming the “unnecessary” vaccine mandate has hurt the armed service’s recruiting efforts.

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