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The resolution seeks to use the Home Rule Act passed in 1973 that allows Congress to retain the right to oversee city governance in the District of Columbia.

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• “No petty tyrant, whether in a federal agency, state governor’s mansion, or city council should be able to force COVID vaccines on children much less threaten to take away their right to an education for not complying. COVID policies should be based on science and common sense, not the hysterical demands of radical liberal activists and union bosses who have no interest in what’s best for our children,” Cruz said in a statement.

• The resolution was co-sponsored by Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Roger Marshall (R-KS).

• COVID policies should be based on science and common sense, not the hysterical demands of radical liberal activists and union bosses who have no interest in what’s best for our children.

• “Muriel Bowser and the rest of the Democrat party have proven they are willing to do anything to keep kids out of the classroom,” Blackburn said in the statement.

SOURCE: DW