Here are the Nine GOP Senators Who Refused to Oppose Biden’s Vax Mandate Rules

Only nine Republican Senators in Washington D.C. refused to join their fellows in a challenge to Joe Biden’s unconstitutional coronavirus vaccine mandate rules.

Indiana Senator Mike Braun was able to convince 40 of the Senate’s 49 GOP members to join his challenge to Biden’s new vaccine mandate rules that he forced the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to enact this week.

Braun, who is the ranking member of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, hopes to task the committee, which has oversight of OSHA, to work inside to eliminate Biden’s mandate plans.

According to Fox News:

Braun is joined by Sens. Dan Sullivan, Bill Hagerty, Roger Marshall, Mike Lee, James Lankford, Rick Scott, Marsha Blackburn, Rand Paul, Cynthia Lummis, Shelley Moore Capito, Marco Rubio, John Barrasso, Cindy Hyde-Smith, John Thune, Jerry Moran, Roger Wicker, Richard Burr, Mike Rounds, John Hoeven, Pat Toomey, Tommy Tuberville, James Risch, Mike Crapo, Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton, Joni Ernst, Kevin Cramer, Josh Hawley, John Boozman, Jim Inhofe, Chuck Grassley, Todd Young, John Kennedy, Ron Johnson, Ben Sasse, Steve Daines, Deb Fischer, Lindsey Graham, Thom Tillis and John Cornyn.

And according to HotAir:

There are some notable exemptions to Biden’s vaccine mandate, besides religious objections and medical exemptions. Congress, for example, is exempt from the mandate, as are postal workers. The federal mandate requires the Department of Labor to require employers to give workers paid time off to get vaccinated and sick time to recover if side effects occur. The mandates stack up quickly, don’t they? The OSHA requirement for companies with 100 or more employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 gives employers the option of making unvaccinated employees pay for weekly testing. The Biden mandate will affect 80 million workers.

So, who did not join Sen. Braun’s effort to scotch the rules from the inside?

Sens. Mitch McConnell, Richard Shelby, Susan Collins, Roy Blunt, Lisa Murkowski, Mitt Romney, Bill Cassidy, Tim Scott and Rob Portman. They claim they are waiting to see the official rules from OSHA. These nine claim they don’t necessarily oppose the effort to end the mandate, but they didn’t fully explain why they wouldn’t join Braun’s effort.

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Warner Todd Huston has been writing editorials and news since 2001 but started his writing career penning articles about U.S. history back in the early 1990s. Huston has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNN, and several local Chicago News programs to discuss the issues of the day. Additionally, he is a regular guest on radio programs from coast to coast. Huston has also been a Breitbart News contributor since 2009. Warner works out of the Chicago area, a place he calls a "target rich environment" for political news.

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