WASHINGTON—The Home ready to cross an extension of presidency funding by way of Feb. 18 in a bid to keep away from a partial shutdown this weekend, however a hangup within the Senate over vaccine mandates threatened to sluggish the invoice’s progress to President Biden’s desk.
With present funding set to lapse at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4, the laws would additionally need to quickly clear the Senate to avert a shutdown. Whereas prime Democrats and Republicans reached an settlement on the phrases of the extension early Thursday, some Republicans are pushing to amend the invoice so it bars the Biden administration from enacting guidelines requiring many employers to make sure their employees are vaccinated or examined weekly for Covid-19.
