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Senate Votes to Overturn Travel Mask Mandate

A conductor wears a mask while waiting for passengers to load into the New York City Subway during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in New York City, April 30, 2020. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

The Senate voted on Tuesday night to overturn the federal mask mandate that applies to people traveling on planes, trains, and the like:

With the exception of Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia, all of the sitting Democratic senators in potentially competitive races this year voted to overturn the mandate.

The measure has not yet passed the House.

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