WASHINGTON – Members of Congress were among the first people in the U.S. to have access to the sought-after COVID-19 vaccine when the initial doses became available in December.
Three months later, States Newsroom surveyed lawmakers representing the 22 states covered by its network of news outlets, including in Tennessee and Georgia.
Out of more than 200 surveyed, at least 155 lawmakers have been vaccinated. That figure includes 100 Democrats, 54 Republicans and one independent. U.S. Rep. Scott Desjarlais, R-South Pittsburg, has been vaccinated, as have both of Tennessee’s U.S. senators, the survey found.
Fourteen lawmakers say they have not been vaccinated, either because they have been waiting to do so or because they don’t plan to at all. All but one are Republicans.
Northwest Georgia’s U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Rome, has not been vaccinated.