Welcome to Monday, December 27th, comforters and quilts…

A bipartisan bill to crack down on the use of forced labor from Uyghurs by the Chinese Communist Party was signed into law by Biden on Thursday.

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act passed the House on a voice vote and then cleared the Senate by unanimous consent. It sanctions foreign individuals and companies involved with the use of forced labor in Xinjiang and bans all imports from the region through a presumption that products made in part or in whole are tainted by forced labor. The ban takes effect in 180 days.

Businesses can seek exemptions from the import ban by providing U.S. Customs and Border Protection with “clear and convincing evidence” that their supply chains are free of forced labor.

President Joe Biden signed the bill in the Oval Office without a formal signing ceremony and press in attendance. Biden tweeted, “The United States will continue to use every tool at our disposal to ensure supply chains are free from the use of forced labor — including from Xinjiang and other parts of China.”

Do you support or oppose the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act?

Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Over Biden’s Vaccine Mandates

The Supreme Court has announced that it will fast-track a pair of challenges to the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccination policies, namely the vaccine-or-test mandates for private-sector workers at businesses with at least 100 employees, and healthcare workers at facilities that receive federal funding.

Justices will hear arguments regarding those policies on January 7th, and given the emergency nature of the arguments, it’s possible a ruling may be issued shortly thereafter. 

There is an effort underway in Congress to reverse the Biden administration's private sector vaccine mandate using the Congressional Review Act. The Senate passed the repeal bill 52-48 and the House will vote on it in the new year, although if the House approves it as well it will likely be vetoed by President Biden and Congress won’t have the votes to override it.

Do you support or oppose the Biden administration’s vaccine mandates?

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