Looming demise of active-duty COVID-19 requirement splits Biden administration from congressional Democrats.
vaccine mandate in negotiations. Its expiration comes as 98% of active-duty troops have already been vaccinated.
McCarthy is currently trying to wrangle enough votes to become House speaker when the 118th Congress convenes on Jan. 3. House Republicans will hold a narrow 222-213 majority, having flipped the chamber in the Nov. 8 elections after four years of Democratic control. But McCarthy is dependent on House conservatives to secure the speakership.
"But as we are here now in December of 2022, does that August 2021 policy still make sense? Is it still the right policy? We don't believe that it is," Smith said."I don't believe that it is because right now, the policy says that you have to have gotten the first shot. It's a little confusing because the first shot, in some cases, was two shots, depending on what you got. Could have been Johnson & Johnson, could have been Pfizer, Moderna, which was two shots.
"I think it's inappropriate for Congress to insert itself in those commander decisions and the decisions of the department," said Crow, a former Army Ranger."Personally, I think that it sends the wrong message about the proper role of Congress to the nation." The White House pinned blame on Republicans in the aftermath of the repeal. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters that Republicans “have obviously decided that they’d rather fight against the health and well-being of those troops rather than protecting them." Kirby also declined to say whether the president would sign the NDAA if it makes it through both chambers and to his desk with the repeal still in it.
Berger recounted frequent interactions with potential recruits who found the COVID-19 vaccination a deal-killer for enlisting.
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