
Texas and 10-state coalition file lawsuits challenging Biden's vaccine mandate for federal contractors
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Texas on Friday filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over its Covid-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors, calling it unconstitutional.
The move followed an announcement hours earlier from the Missouri Attorney General's Office that a 10-state coalition had filed its own lawsuit against the administration for imposing a vaccine mandate on federal contractors and federally contracted employees.
The legal challenges are the latest from Republican-led states to sweeping and stringent new vaccine rules on federal workers, large employers and health care staff that President Joe Biden had announced in September. Biden has elevated vaccine mandates as an important tool to contain the deadly pandemic and prevent future outbreaks.

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