House votes to pass bill to rescind the Covid vaccine mandate for members of the military and provide nearly $858 billion for national defense. The bill now goes to the Senate, where it is expected to pass, then to the president to be signed into law.
The bill provides for about $45 billion more for defense programs than President Joe Biden requested, the second consecutive year Congress significantly exceeded his request, as lawmakers seek to boost the nation’s military competitiveness with China and Russia.
“It saved lives and it made sure that our force was as ready as it could possibly be in the face of the pandemic,” Smith said. “Some of the folks who have moved on are not going to want to come back,” said Rogers, who will become chairman of the Armed Services Committee in the next Congress.“Orders are not optional in the United States military,” Smith said. “And if Congress expresses the opinion that they are, I cannot imagine anything that would more significantly undermine the good order and discipline within our military.
The politicization of the Covid-19 vaccine, however, triggered an onslaught of exemption requests from troops. As many as 16,000 religious exemptions have been or are still pending, and only about 190 have been approved. Small numbers of temporary and permanent medical exemptions have also been granted.
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