Republican Representative Fred Keller from Pennsylvania who is on the Education and Labor Subcommittee for Workforce Protections is set to take measures aimed at blocking US President Biden’s vaccine mandate he deems unconstitutional, Fox News informed.
The Top House Republican gave an interview for Fox News on Friday, saying that he will coordinate with Republican Senator Mike Braun from Indiana, in order to make use of the Congressional Review Act and nullify the order.
In the interview, Keller said that the Congressional Review Act allows Congressmen to keep in check the executive branch and that with it they exercise their constitutional authority.
As of January 4th, 2022, Joe Biden mandated that all private businesses with more than 100 employees need to introduce a vaccine mandate in order to increase the rate of vaccination in the United States.
The president argued that the mandate is good for the employees, their colleagues, the whole communities, and the economy in general.
However, the Republican lawmakers do not agree with the actions of US President Joe Biden.
Keller said that states make up the federal government and that the people are the ones that give power to the government and not the other way around.
Senator Braun revealed that he is going to head a group of 42 Senate Republicans in a challenge against the order of the President.
According to Fox News, eight other Republican senators, including Mitch McConnell, the Minority Leader support this initiative for utilizing the Congressional Review Act but are still waiting for the procedural filings.
The lawmakers want to force a “privileged vote” on both the House floor and the Senate floor. This means that the GOP will need a simple majority in order to send this to Joe Biden’s desk.
Although this resolution might pass the Congress, it is very likely that President Biden will veto it.
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