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Biden ramps up COVID-19 strategy; Republicans threaten government shutdown over vaccine mandate

NPR

Published December 3, 2021 at 1:06 PM EST

Politico national politics reporter Maya King and Fox News congressional correspondent Chad Pergram join Here & Now hosts Peter O’Dowd and Callum Borchers to discuss the politics of President Biden’s latest measures to contain the spread of the omicron variant — and how Republicans are pushing back.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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