Alabama senator Tommy Tuberville used this power to hold up the promotions and transfers of 451 military personnel for nine months. Then today, Tuberville suddenly announced that he was lifting the hold on all but the promotions of 12 four-star officers. Tommy Tuberville is dropping most of his months-long holds on military officer nominations in the Senate, backing down from his vow to block them until the Pentagon changes an internal abortion policy. The Alabama Republican plans to continue his holds on four-star nominees, he told reporters, but will release the rest effective immediately. Reed suggested individual roll-call votes on the four-star nominees could happen “if necessary.”Another example that what Republicans do best is create obstacles over their pet obsessions.

Source: The Guardian December 06, 2023 02:22 UTC