WASHINGTON ― A faction of congressional Republicans threatened to shut down the government this week over what they call President Joe Biden’s “vaccine mandate.”
The rule from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration would not require employers to take action against unvaccinated workers so long as they’re willing to be tested weekly for COVID-19 ― but Republicans have ignored that part of the regulation.
“When you’re unwilling to describe something accurately, it betrays a weakness in your position,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said on the Senate floor Thursday…