Sen. Pat Toomey is trying to determine if the CDC’s order can be overturned with a simple majority vote in the Senate.
sent letters to the Government Accountability Office on Wednesday asking if the Congressional Review Act can be used to kill the new moratorium with a simple majority vote in the Senate.
The act gives Congress the ability to knock down rules implemented by federal agencies without the 60 votes needed to overcome the filibuster, and the senators expressed belief that the moratorium falls under its scope. Toomey and Marshall, along with Sen. Richard Burr , simultaneously introduced a joint resolution to overturn the moratorium under the CRA, which could beWhile gathering 27 Senate Republicans to force a vote can be easily done, the senators would need at least one Democrat to help overturn the moratorium, and Sen. Joe Manchin , the Democrat who most frequently works across the aisle, has
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