Manchin May Back Defunding Vaccine Mandates

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) would not rule out supporting a Republican-pushed amendment to the short-term government funding bill that would defund vaccine mandates for private companies, Politico reports.

Said Manchin: “I’ve been very supportive of a mandate for federal government, for military, for all the people who work on government payroll. I’ve been less enthused about it in the private sector. So we’re working through all of that.”