Mon Sep 13, 2021 – 2:25 pm EDTMon Sep 13, 2021 – 2:26 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. – (LifeSiteNews) President Joe Biden’s executive order requiring all federal government workers, as well as tens of millions of private sector workers, to be vaccinated against COVID-19 will not apply to Congress members, federal court members, or their respective staff members.
According to Newsweek, since Biden’s executive order specified that it applies to federal workers in the “executive branch,” the mandates will not impact those in the House of Representatives or the Senate, as they belong to the legislative branch of U.S. government.
Similarly, people employed by the federal courts will be exempt, as they are part of the judicial branch.
However, despite citizens in the private sector not being part of the executive branch of government, or any branch of government at all, they will not receive the same exemptions as Congress and the courts.
Instead, they will be required to mandate the vaccination for their employees if their workforce exceeds 100 people.
“In total, the vaccine requirements in my plan will affect about 100 million Americans, two-thirds of all workers,” stated Biden on Thursday.
“So—so here is the thing. We are—we cannot require someone to be vaccinated. That’s just not what we can do. It is a matter of privacy to know who is or who isn’t,” stated Speaker of
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