>> The Supreme Court’s ruling against vaccine-or-test rules for businesses dealt a major blow to the Biden administration's efforts to combat the pandemic, leaving them without many more tools to boost the number of people vaccinated against COVID-19. >>Private businesses can decide for themselves whether to impose a mandate, but without the legal cover, it's unlikely there will be many more doing so, especially in GOP-led states that have made mandates illegal. A federal rule would have preempted state policy, allowing businesses to keep their mandates in place. >>Congressional Republicans and GOP state officials celebrated the ruling, saying the Supreme Court stood up for the freedoms of individual people. >>“The Supreme Court just BLOCKED Biden's authoritarian vaccine mandate for businesses,” tweeted House Minority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise >>STEPHEN (STEVE) JOSEPH SCALISE House GOP campaign arm rakes in 0M in 2021 House Republicans call for oversight into Biden's 'failed' COVID-19 response House Democrats pass bill to combat Islamophobia in support of Omar MORE (R-La.). “But let's be clear: This doesn’t go far enough. Health care workers should NOT be subjected to this tyrannical mandate either.”