Senate Votes To Ban Public Transport Mask Mandates

The Washington Examiner reports:

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 of transportation through Fiscal Year 2024, with nearly a dozen Democrats voting with Republicans in favor of it on Wednesday afternoon.

“This is a massive victory for personal freedom in this country,” Vance said in a statement following the vote. “We saw countless abuses of authority throughout the COVID pandemic, and the American people were justifiably enraged by unscientific mask mandates.”

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Federal mask mandate ban on public transportation moves forward in the Senate https://t.co/rhQnLBvCBl

— The Messenger (@TheMessenger) October 25, 2023

59-38: Senate adopts Vance (R-OH) amendment to prohibit funds appropriated for Transportation Department for 2024 from being used to enforce a mask mandate in response to the COVID-19 virus. pic.twitter.com/ekTdrp0GtQ

— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) October 25, 2023

Several Democrats voted Yes for Ohio GOP Senator Vance’s amendment to ban federal mask mandates for a year including Baldwin, Bennett, Brown (OH), Kaine, Kelly, Klobuchar, Manchin, Rosen, Shaheen, Tester and Sinema (I).

— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) October 25, 2023