Senate Fails to Pass Measure to Bar Funding for COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

One Republican senator missed vote

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) walks on Capitol Hill in Washington in a file image. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The U.S. Senate on March 10 rejected a measure that would bar funding for COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

The party-line 50–49 vote saw all Democrats vote against the amendment, offered by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), and all Republicans vote for it.