Senate passes amendment barring federal mask mandates on commercial airlines and public transit in appropriations bill in a 59-38 vote.
The Senate passed an amendment banning federal mask mandates on commercial airlines and public transportation in an appropriations bill Wednesday. In a 59-38 vote, senators — including several Democrats — voted in favor of the amendment brought forth by Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, which restricts any federal funds from being used to enforce mask mandates on passenger flights, trains, transit buses, and other publicly funded transportation through the next fiscal year.
Vance called the passage 'a massive victory for personal freedom' in a statement Wednesday. 'We saw countless abuses of authority throughout the COVID pandemic, and the American people were justifiably enraged by unscientific mask mandates,' he said. Democrat Sens.
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