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applegrove

(118,749 posts)
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 07:45 PM Dec 2022

Biden's Potential First Veto

Biden’s Potential First Veto

December 10, 2022 at 5:55 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 7 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/12/10/bidens-potential-first-veto/

"SNIP.......

House Republicans may soon force President Biden to issue his first veto — over a measure to terminate the national emergency declaration for Covid, Axios reports.

.......SNIP"

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MichMan

(11,959 posts)
6. Administration needs to remind the American people weekly that we are still under a Covid emergency
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 10:25 PM
Dec 2022

No time to let up on that message

former9thward

(32,064 posts)
7. House Republicans?
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 11:26 PM
Dec 2022

The House is controlled by Democrats. The bill was passed by a Democratic House. The vote was 350-80.

applegrove

(118,749 posts)
9. Once GOP take over the House they have plans.
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 11:33 PM
Dec 2022

"SNIP.......

What we're hearing: Once they officially retake the House majority, Republicans plan to hold a vote on a joint resolution that would rescind the emergency declaration, senior GOP aides said.

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https://www.axios.com/2022/12/10/biden-veto-covid-national-emergency-declaration

former9thward

(32,064 posts)
10. Yes, but the NDAA bill eliminates the Covid mandate from the military.
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 11:37 PM
Dec 2022

It is pretty much the same thing.

applegrove

(118,749 posts)
11. Politics in the USA us to complex for me. Too many moving part for how a bill
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 11:42 PM
Dec 2022

Last edited Sun Dec 11, 2022, 12:38 AM - Edit history (1)

becomes a law and then not. The sausage making is not clear.

wnylib

(21,562 posts)
16. A lot of Americans don't get it, either,
Sun Dec 11, 2022, 03:32 AM
Dec 2022

including several who are in Cingress where the sausages are made.



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