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Dems Make Big Concession in NDAA

With just weeks left to pass the annual National Defense Authorization Act, Democrats have agreed to eliminate the Pentagon’s vaccine mandate in what’s being described as a “major concession by President Biden’s Democratic allies.”

The bill will have language that repeals the mandate one year after it was enacted, House Armed Services Committee ranking Republican Mike Rogers told The Hill.

Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) and other Republicans celebrated the concession but signaled it should be a first step, arguing all terminated service members should be reinstated.

“Not later than 30 days after the day of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall rescind the mandate that members of the Armed Forces be vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to the memorandum dated August 24, 2021, regarding ‘Mandatory Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination of Department of Defense Service Members,'” the NDAA text states.

The move comes after Republicans threatened to hold up action on the $858 billion bill over the mandate.

Despite Democratic lawmakers’ concession on the issue, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin still supported the vaccine mandate, with Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder noting this week, “The health and readiness of our forces is critical to our warfighting capability and a top priority.”

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, calling the concession “a win for our military,” said in a statement that when Republicans take over in the new year, the GOP will “work to finally hold the Biden administration accountable and assist the men and women in uniform who were unfairly targeted.”

READ 12 COMMENTS
  • MBeached says:

    RINO McCarthy sat on his ass for years, never contributing and then all of a sudden, just because he is the senior member, is going to be our Speaker of the House? I scream BS? How many times did he vote with the Democrats for raising the budget ceiling or the hundreds of times he voted for continuing resolutions? THIS IS BS!

    If ANYTHING; McCarthy should be censured and fired!

  • Raconteur Duck says:

    This NDAA is full of leftist pork that has nothing to do with Defense. “…Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act in the NDAA. This act would provide an easier way for marijuana business owners to get financing from national banks. The bill would also help create grants for state expungement of past marijuana convictions.”
    That’s just one.

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