Republican lawmakers plan to shut down U.S. government on Friday: report
Michael McAuliff, Dave Goldiner
Conservative Republicans are reportedly planning to force a government shutdown to protest President Biden’s push to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for workers in large companies.
Far-right wing GOP senators say they will object to considering any bipartisan stop-gap funding measure to delay its passage until after a deadline to keep the government running past this Friday, Politico reported Wednesday.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) said he won’t agree to the unanimous consent needed to move any funding measure forward quickly unless the White House agrees to suspend the vaccine mandate, a completely unrelated issue.
“Given that federal courts across the country have raised serious issues with these mandates, it’s not unreasonable for my Democratic colleagues to delay enforcement of the mandates,” Lee said in a statement.
If Lee and a handful of fellow extreme conservatives stick to their guns, they could block passage of the bill for several days, forcing the government to start shutting down over the weekend and the beginning of next week.
The shutdown threat comes just hours after GOP Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) vowed that there wouldn’t be a government shutdown.
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