House Freedom Caucus asks McConnell to force government shutdown over Biden’s vaccine mandate

House Freedom Caucus asks McConnell to force government shutdown over Biden’s vaccine mandate

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The House Freedom Caucus sent a letter Wednesday to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., urging him to use “all procedural tools” at his disposal to delay a stopgap measure to extend government funding into January unless Democrats agree to prohibit funding for President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Lawmakers are rushing to approve a short-term spending bill, known as a continuing resolution (CR), ahead of Friday’s deadline to briefly extend the deadline to January and avoid a government shutdown. Republicans are hoping to…

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