The resolution, which still needs approval from the House of Representives, was the latest blow to President Biden's nationwide vaccination push. (Credit: Hannah Beier) The resolution, which still needs approval from the House of Representives, was the latest blow to President Biden's nationwide vaccination push. (Credit: Hannah Beier)

(Bloomberg) — The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday night to block President Joe Biden's mandate for coronavirus vaccinations or testing for private-sector workers in a mostly symbolic defeat for the administration but one that illustrates the nation's political polarization over dealing with the pandemic.

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