More than two dozen states, including Kansas, have filed a lawsuit challenging President Joe Biden's vaccine requirement for private companies.

 

Representative Doug Blex explains what is in the mandate.

 

Blex went on to say that a special session could be called to deal with the mandate but there are risks.

 

The lawsuits against the mandate ask courts to decide whether the administration's effort to curtail the pandemic represents a federal power grab and seizes the authority of states to set health policy.

 

Currently, the mandate has been put on hold due to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granting an emergency stay of the requirement. Biden's administration says it is confident that the requirement, which includes penalties of nearly $14,000 per violation, will withstand the legal challenges.