Friday, January 14, 2022

Sinema Kills Biden's Election Power-Grab Scheme Just as He Arrives on Capitol Hill to Push It Spencer Brown / Townhall Tipshet

Despite all of President Biden's blustering fire-and-brimstone doomsday talk about evil Republicans — who are simply operating within the Senate's established rules — it was a Democrat Senator who on Thursday delivered a mortal blow to the White House's latest attempt to secure a legislative victory on so-called "voting rights."

Arizona Democrat Senator Kyrsten Sinema took to the Senate floor on Thursday afternoon to once again explain why the 60-vote threshold to stop a legislative filibuster is both necessary and not worth upending for a temporary wish. 

Demonstrating more foresight than the late Harry Reid or current Senate Majority Chuck Schumer demonstrated, Sinema declared that "eliminating the 60-vote threshold will simply guarantee that we lose a critical tool that we need to safeguard our democracy from threats in the years to come." Ending the legislative filibuster in order to force through Democrats' radical federal takeover of elections is something Sinema said would "worsen the underlying disease of division infecting our country."

The Liberal Meltdown About SCOTUS Ruling on Vaccine Mandates Was Delicious
Matt Vespa / Townhall Tipsheet
 
When Joe Biden has a bad day, it’s a great one for America. The Supreme Court has blocked his COVID vaccine mandate for businesses with 100 employees or more. This was the law slated to be enforced by OSHA. In a 6-3 ruling, the Court had a clear message to Joe: you can’t do that. Katie has more:

The ruling on vaccine requirements for private businesses with more than 100 employees was decided 6-3. Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer dissented. 

"The Secretary of Labor, acting through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, recently enacted a vaccine mandate for much of the Nation’s work force. The mandate, which employers must enforce, applies to roughly 84 million workers, covering virtually all employers with at least 100 employees. It requires that covered workers receive a COVID–19 vaccine, and it pre-empts contrary state laws. The only exception is for workers who obtain a medical test each week at their own expense and on their own time, and also wear a mask each workday," the opinion states....Read more and see tweets here

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