Manchin May Vote Against Private Sector Vaccine Mandate

Manchin May Vote Against Private Sector Vaccine Mandate
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) speaks in Washington on June 16, 2020. Toni L. Sandys/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has indicated that he may vote with Republicans to strike down President Joe Biden’s wide-reaching private sector COVID-19 vaccine mandate, adding another threat to a list of growing legal challenges against the measure.

Through a political procedure instituted in the 1990s, Manchin’s defection would be enough to overturn the private sector mandate entirely.

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