Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) announced Tuesday that he would lift his blanket hold on military promotions, ending a nearly 10-month standoff over a Biden administration abortion policy that made the former football coach the target of bipartisan ire.
The affable former football coach was left with few options after Schumer put forward a proposal that would allow the Senate to go around Tuberville’s holds, which had the Republican votes necessary to pass.
Behind closed doors, Republicans complained that Tuberville’s blockade was hurting them politically as well, given the harm to the military and the focus on abortion, which has been a losing issue at the polls for the GOP in recent elections.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took the rare step of publicly rebuking Tuberville, saying he should not be punishing “military heroes” for a Biden administration policy.
For months, Tuberville said he wanted Schumer to do a full floor vote on each nominee to get around his hold, arguing that each one would enjoy bipartisan support and easily pass.
The list of promotions on hold was expected to continue growing if Tuberville did not drop his objections, with about three-quarters of the military’s more than 850 generals and admirals due to be blockaded by year’s end, the senior defense official said.
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) announced Tuesday that he would lift his blanket hold on military promotions, ending a nearly 10-month standoff over a Biden administration abortion policy that made the former football coach the target of bipartisan ire.
The affable former football coach was left with few options after Schumer put forward a proposal that would allow the Senate to go around Tuberville’s holds, which had the Republican votes necessary to pass.
Behind closed doors, Republicans complained that Tuberville’s blockade was hurting them politically as well, given the harm to the military and the focus on abortion, which has been a losing issue at the polls for the GOP in recent elections.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took the rare step of publicly rebuking Tuberville, saying he should not be punishing “military heroes” for a Biden administration policy.
For months, Tuberville said he wanted Schumer to do a full floor vote on each nominee to get around his hold, arguing that each one would enjoy bipartisan support and easily pass.
The list of promotions on hold was expected to continue growing if Tuberville did not drop his objections, with about three-quarters of the military’s more than 850 generals and admirals due to be blockaded by year’s end, the senior defense official said.
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