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GOP pushes to ditch military COVID-19 vaccine requirement
1 month ago | By WGN TV
WASHINGTON - As Democrats and Republicans spar over this year's annual defense spending bill, the biggest obstacle is the current COVID-19 vaccine mandate on military service members.
Republicans are threatening to block the bill unless Democrats end the vaccine mandate.
In the House, Democrats announced a deal to repeal the mandate Tuesday afternoon, The Hill reports. In the Senate, the issue remained up for debate.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is among the group of senators pushing to scrap the provision.
"That ought to be your choice," Cruz said. "So that we stop the Biden administration...
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