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Senate blocks funds for enforcing mask mandate in amendment to spending measure

By Samantha-Jo Roth
Published October 25, 2023 6:46pm ET
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Senate blocks funds for enforcing mask mandate in amendment to spending measure
The Senate voted to include an amendment offered by Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) to ban the Department of Transportation from using federal funding to enforce mask mandates in the upper chamber’s three-bill spending package on Wednesday. The Senate voted 59-38 in favor of the amendment that aims to prevent federal mask mandates on all modes […]


The Senate voted to include an amendment offered by Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) to ban the Department of Transportation from using federal funding to enforce mask mandates in the upper chamber’s three-bill spending package on Wednesday.

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