×
GreekEnglish

×
  • Politics
  • Diaspora
  • World
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Cooking
Friday
20
Mar 2026
weather symbol
Athens 8°C
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • World
  • Diaspora
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Mediterranean Cooking
  • Weather
Contact follow Protothema:
Powered by Cloudevo
> World

US Senate votes against Biden’s vaccine mandate for businesses

Two Democrats voted with the Republicans

Newsroom December 10 11:08

The Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate voted against President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine-or-test mandate for private businesses, with two Democrats joining Republicans to back the initiative.

While it likely won’t become law since its chances of getting a vote in the House are uncertain and Biden is certain to veto it, the effort demonstrates the bipartisan opposition in Congress to the federal government’s vaccine mandate for large employers.
The effort was led by Indiana Republican Sen. Mike Braun, and it needed just a simple majority of 51 votes to be approved by the chamber.
The final vote was 52-48. Two Democrats, Sens. Jon Tester of Montana and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, joined their 50 GOP colleagues in voting to repeal the requirement.
Biden back in September announced that he would be directing the Labor Department to require all businesses with 100 or more employees to mandate that their workers are either fully vaccinated or undergo weekly testing for Covid-19 and wear masks.

source cnn.com

>Related articles

Trump’s full agenda on Greece at the US Senate Guilfoyle hearing: defence, energy, pipelines and Turkey

Papua New Guinea: 2,000 people buried alive by a landslide

Kyriakos Mitsotakis: On 3 or 4 April, the trip to Washington for the meeting with Joe Biden

also read

Golf hottie Paige Spiranac sets pulses racing in ‘naughty or nice’ Christmas outfits (photos)

 

Ask me anything

Explore related questions

#rejected#US President Joe Biden#US Senate#vaccine mandate
> More World

Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news

See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr

> Latest Stories

Metron Analysis and MRB show a rise of ND by nearly two points, reaching 31.1% due to the war

March 19, 2026

Chuck Norris: Actor rushed to the hospital, his health condition remains unknown

March 19, 2026

MRB: Almost two-point gains for ND, reaches 31.1% in vote estimate – PASOK moves to second place at 14% with a 17.1-point gap

March 19, 2026

IB to be introduced in 13 public schools from September, says Zacharaki – See which schools have been selected

March 19, 2026

Greek Patriot missiles in Saudi Arabia protected every EU and global citizen, says Dendias – Opposition fires back, claiming involvement in war

March 19, 2026

Vangelis: The Biography – From the Forminx to Aphrodite’s Child & the Oscar, his feud with Logaridis & getting the door slammed in his face by his very own record label

March 19, 2026

The Iranians struck a US F-35 for the first time – It made an emergency landing at a base in the Middle East

March 19, 2026

ONEX-Hanwha Ocean strategic agreement for shipbuilding cooperation focusing on Greece

March 19, 2026
All News

> Greece

IB to be introduced in 13 public schools from September, says Zacharaki – See which schools have been selected

“Admission to public universities exclusively through the Panhellenic exams,” says the Minister of Education – What is foreseen in the bill submitted for discussion to the Committee on Cultural Affairs of the Parliament – The rollout of the free digital State Language Certificate from 2026–2027 and the establishment of the Higher School of Performing Arts

March 19, 2026

Weather: Storms, cold and dust hit the country, the 4 dangerous areas – Snow in Kithairona and Parnitha

March 19, 2026

Thessaloniki: Stunning images from the demolition of the tunnel on the Ring Road for the Flyover

March 19, 2026

The “dogs of war” returned from Dubai: Operation “Ark” completed for 100 pets and their owners – See photos

March 19, 2026

How the bad weather is evolving: Storms in the Cyclades, snow in the mountains – Over 20mm of rain in Koufonisia, 7 other areas at the center

March 18, 2026
Homepage
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY COOKIES POLICY TERM OF USE
Powered by Cloudevo
Copyright © 2026 Πρώτο Θέμα