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By Art Moore(WND NEWSCENTER) With at least two Democratic votes, the Senate is poised to pass a resolution nullifying President Biden’s vaccine mandate for large private employers.

A vote could take place as early as Wednesday on the resolution, which is supported by Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Jon Tester of Montana, along with all 50 Republican senators, the Hill reported.

Several federal courts have halted Biden’s mandates. A federal appeals court in New Orleans has suspended the private-employer requirement. On Tuesday, a federal court in Georgia said the president’s vaccine requirement for federal contractors exceeded his authority. Last week, a court blocked a requirement that most health-care workers get vaccinated.

The Congressional Review Act established a fast-track process in the Senate that allows the minority party to force a vote on a resolution to disapprove of a federal rule. However, the House does not have a fast-track process, and the Senate’s passage of the resolution will set up a battle between the chambers, The Hill said.

Republicans plan to circulate a discharge petition to force House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to schedule a vote on the resolution.

Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., told The Hill there’s a good chance House Republicans will get enough signatures to force the vote.

Every Republican would sign the petition, he said, “so I think we just need five or six Democrats over there.”

He pointed out there are 30 Democrats “in swing districts that are going to have to” take a hard look at signing the discharge petition.

Biden is expected to veto the resolution if it passes both the Senate and House. But Braun argues the president’s vaccine mandate would suffer a major political blow if bipartisan majorities in both chambers vote to overturn it.

Only 14% of employed Americans support firing workers who refuse to get vaccinated, according to an Axios-Ipsos poll published in late November. However, a Wall Street Journal poll released Tuesday showed that voters overall are split, with 50% saying they favor the private mandate, while 47% are opposed.

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