“As the leader of the Republican Conference, we count on you to hold your colleagues accountable when they recklessly cross boundaries and upend senatorial order,” the Senate Armed Forc…
“As the leader of the Republican Conference, we count on you to hold your colleagues accountable when they recklessly cross boundaries and upend senatorial order,” eight Dem members of the Senate Armed Forces Committee wrote to the Senate Minority Leader.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville , a member of the Armed Forces panel, has refused to help confirm the nominations of more than 280 military officers to leadership positions.Tuberville is the sole member to refuse to approve the nominations. Senior US defense officials, including Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, have said the hold-up endangers national security, since officials have left empty some of the most vital military leadership positions.
The policy, enacted by Austin after the Supreme Court ended the federal right to abortion when it reversed “Roe v. Wade” last summer, was not put into place by law and could be nixed by Congress if enough lawmakers were to agree.failed to convince a majority of the Senate to agree with his position,” the SASC Democrats wrote.
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