Friday's shutdown showdown is about to get real — conservatives on both
sides of the Capitol are privately plotting to force a government
shutdown Friday in an effort to defund the Biden administration’s
vaccine mandate on the private sector, multiple GOP sources told
Playbook.

Capitalizing on a last-minute scramble to fund the government, a group
of Senate conservatives is planning to object to quick consideration of
a stopgap measure to extend funding into early 2022 unless Democratic
leaders agree to deny money to enforce the mandate. Because of the tight
schedule — and Senate rules that require unanimous consent to move
quickly — the senators believe they’ll be able to drag out the process
well past midnight on Friday, when funding officially expires.

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