The resolution passed the upper chamber in a 68-23 vote, with 21 Democrats joining Republicans in support of the bill.
The Senate voted on Wednesday to immediately end the COVID-19 national emergency declared by former President Donald Trump in March 2020, and the White House has indicated that President Biden will sign the bill into law. In February, the measure passed the GOP-controlled House in a 229-197 vote.
The White House said Wednesday that Biden will sign the GOP-backed measure ending the COVID-19 national emergency into law.that it planned to officially end the two emergency declarations related to the pandemic on May 11, nearly three years after they were first declared. “An abrupt end to the emergency declarations would create wide-ranging chaos and uncertainty throughout the health care system — for states, for hospitals and doctors’ offices, and, most importantly, for tens of millions of Americans,” the Office of Management and Budget wrote.
House Democrats, however, railed against the White House on Wednesday, arguing that they voted against the measure en masse back in February at the Biden administration’s request. “At best it’s [an] unacceptable lack of clarity in their message to us. I mean, if they’re gonna take the position that they didn’t explicitly say he would veto it in the [Statement of Administration Policy], you know, that’s not good. This is a problem.
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