{"id":644,"date":"2023-02-09T15:02:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T15:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/the-us-house-of-representatives-on-wednesday-voted-to-end-the-requirement-that-most-foreign-air-trav\/"},"modified":"2023-02-09T15:02:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T15:02:54","slug":"the-us-house-of-representatives-on-wednesday-voted-to-end-the-requirement-that-most-foreign-air-trav","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/the-us-house-of-representatives-on-wednesday-voted-to-end-the-requirement-that-most-foreign-air-trav\/","title":{"rendered":"The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to end the requirement that most foreign air trav…"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to end the requirement that most foreign air travelers must be vaccinated against Covid-19.[0]<\/a><\/sup> The bill, introduced by the vaccine-skeptical Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), passed 227 to 201, with seven Democrats crossing party lines to join the GOP in supporting it.[1]<\/a><\/sup> <\/p>\n

The U.S. Travel Association has strongly supported the removal of vaccine requirements for internationals, noting that the US is the only territory that continues to keep in place such a requirement.[2]<\/a><\/sup> The White House has, however, resisted this pressure and said this week that it opposes the GOP bill to eliminate the CDC rule on foreign travelers.[2]<\/a><\/sup> [3]<\/a><\/sup> <\/p>\n

During debate, Rep. Massie said it's illogical to require legal travelers to be vaccinated but not illegal immigrants who are crossing into the U.S. by the millions each year.[3]<\/a><\/sup> He listed multiple countries that have already done away with the mandate, including dictatorships like Russia, Syria, and China.<\/p>\n

The White House said that it plans to review all relevant policies, including the vaccine requirement, as part of its preparation to end the pandemic public health emergency.[4]<\/a><\/sup> It added that any termination or modification of this policy should be guided by science.[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

It is highly improbable that the measure will reach the voting stage in the Senate, which is controlled by the Democrats.[3]<\/a><\/sup> President Biden has announced that he is ending the national COVID emergency in May, and related policies such as the vaccine requirements for visitors are expected to be re-evaluated then.[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

0. <\/span>“US House of Representatives votes to end Covid-19 vaccination need for foreign air travellers” Firstpost, 9 Feb. 2023, https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/us-house-of-representatives-votes-to-end-covid-19-vaccination-need-for-foreign-air-travellers-12129712.html<\/a><\/p>\n

1. <\/span>“U.S. House Votes to Kill COVID Vax Requirement for Foreign Air Travelers” The Daily Beast, 9 Feb. 2023, https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/us-house-votes-to-kill-covid-vaccine-requirement-for-foreign-air-travelers<\/a><\/p>\n

2. <\/span>“VisaGuide – White House Opposes Bill to Abolish Vaccine Mandate for International Visitors” VisaGuide.World, 8 Feb. 2023, https:\/\/visaguide.world\/news\/us\/white-house-opposes-bill-to-abolish-vaccine-mandate-for-international-visitors\/<\/a><\/p>\n

3. <\/span>“House votes to kill CDC's vax requirement for foreign travelers entering the US” msnNOW, 8 Feb. 2023, https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/health\/other\/house-votes-to-kill-cdc-s-vax-requirement-for-foreign-travelers-entering-the-us\/ar-AA17gh0Y?ocid=Peregrine<\/a><\/p>\n

4. <\/span>“House passes bill to end COVID vaccine requirement for foreign air travelers” The Hill, 8 Feb. 2023, https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3847337-house-passes-bill-to-end-covid-vaccine-requirement-for-foreign-air-travelers\/<\/a><\/p>\n

5. <\/span>“Biden administration pushes back on GOP effort to end vaccine requirement for international air travelers” Yahoo! Voices, 7 Feb. 2023, https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/now\/biden-administration-pushes-back-gop-221940820.html<\/a><\/p>\n

6. <\/span>“Push to end vaccine requirement at US-Canada border as families still separated” WKBW 7 News Buffalo, 7 Feb. 2023, https:\/\/www.wkbw.com\/news\/local-news\/push-to-end-vaccine-requirement-at-us-canada-border-as-families-still-separated<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to end the requirement that most foreign air travelers must be vaccinated against Covid-19.[0] The bill, introduced by the vaccine-skeptical Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), passed 227 to 201, with seven Democrats crossing party lines to join the GOP in supporting it.[1] The U.S. Travel Association has strongly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}