host: daniel suhr with the liberty justice center. taking your phone calls on phone lines split as usual. -- sorry it is phone lines split differently than usual. employers can call in at (202) 748-8000. employees, (202) 748-8001. all others, it is (202) 748-8002 . we mentioned this story today to our viewers in our first segment. thousands of new york city firefighters, police officers, and other employees stand to lose their paychecks starting today for failing to comply with mayor bill de blasio's covid-19 and eight. the mayor's office said about 24,000 employees remain unvaccinated and are subject to the mandate. your thoughts on that deadline in new york? guest: these workers in new york have been the essential workers that we have been applauding for serving us through the hardest time to this pandemic. i think it is a shame that that service is just going to be discarded by the mayor, just tossed aside because these folks want to hold onto their individual right to choose. this is something that has always been fundamental to u

host: daniel suhr with the liberty justice center.ur phone calls on phone lines split as usual. -- sorry it is phone lines split differently than usual. employers can call in at (202) 748-8000. employees, (202) 748-8001. all others, it is (202) 748-8002 . we mentioned this story today to our viewers in our first segment. thousands of new york city firefighters, police officers, and other employees stand to lose their paychecks starting today for failing to comply with mayor bill de blasio's covid-19 and eight. the mayor's office said about 24,000 employees remain unvaccinated and are subject to the mandate. your thoughts on that deadline in new york? guest: these workers in new york have been the essential workers that we have been applauding for serving us through the hardest time to this pandemic. i think it is a shame that that service is just going to be discarded by the mayor, just tossed aside because these folks want to hold onto their individual right to choose. this is something that has always been fundamental to us as ameri

about lawsuits challenging workplace vaccine mandates with liberty justice center managing attorney daniel suhrand georgetown university law center's lawrenceti

host: daniel suhr, the managing attorney at the liberty justice center. we appreciate your time. let's chat again as these cases move forward. guest: today. "washington journal" continues. host: another busy week ahead in washington. scott wong is joining us from "the hill." let's go to how democrats and republicans will try to move these pieces of legislation, the infrastructure bill and the budget reconciliation bill, when and how will they be moved on capitol hill this week? guest: democratic leadership and joe biden hopefully will be moved soon. we are near the finish line, we are rounding third base, and it feels like we have been stuck in this position for a number of weeks. but democrats i have spoken with feel like they are on the cusp of something really significant here. this comes, obviously, after joe biden's visit to capitol hill. there is pressure on the party now to deliver for the president, as he is embarking on -- as he's in glasgow for the major global climate summit. election day in virginia is a couple days away, tomorrow in fact, for the gubernatorial race,