House rejects GOP effort to roll back chamber's mask mandate

[Judi Lynn]

Source: The Hill


BY CRISTINA MARCOS - 05/19/21 06:38 PM EDT

The House on Wednesday rejected a Republican effort to roll back the requirement that everyone in the chamber wear masks in light of new health guidance by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that suggests people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 don't have to wear face coverings in most settings.

Lawmakers voted 218-210 along party lines to table a resolution offered by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) that would direct the Capitol's attending physician to update the House chamber mask requirement that is currently punishable by fine.

The resolution, authored by McCarthy and members of the GOP Doctors Caucus, states that "the continued House mask mandate sends the erroneous message that the efficacy of the vaccines cannot be trusted" and that "members of the House of Representatives have a responsibility to send a message to the American people that we can trust the safety and efficacy of the available COVID-19 vaccines."


The CDC announced last week that fully vaccinated people don't have to wear masks indoors or outdoors, except for certain crowded settings.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/554458-house-rejects-gop-effort-to-roll-back-chambers-mask-mandate

[PortTack]

1. Good!!

[bluestarone]

2. Make that

TWO GOODS!!!

[soothsayer]

3. It's in everyone's best interest. Also.... bwahaha!

[abqtommy]

4. Goody-good-good-good! Let's reject the QOP, not masks!

[Lovie777]

5. These GOPs act like pre-schoolers . . . .

[OldBaldy1701E]

7. They don't 'act' like pre-schoolers

They ARE pre-schoolers. Their lack of basic common sense is proof enough of that. They are the perfect example of Dunning Kruger! ALL of them!

[Sucha NastyWoman]

6. Piss off the Pubs

[MichMan]

8. Does the Speaker believe the vaccine isn't effective?

It's the only reasoning I can figure out, since according to the CDC, people who are vaccinated are no longer required to wear a mask.

[Skittles]

10. maybe she thinks the CDC decision is premature

a lot of us do

from an article regarding masks in Dallas

In Dallas County, health officials say 506 cases of breakthrough COVID-19 infections in fully vaccinated people have been confirmed, of which, 82 were hospitalized and seven have died.

[LanternWaste]

11. Not very surprising that's the only reason you can figure out.

[Skittles]

12. I....hear you

indeed I do

[Yavin4]

9. Everyone on Capitol Hill should be vaccinated. Everyone.

I'm getting tired of the virus being used like a political football instead of a health emergency.