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As war breaks out in Israel, Sen. Tommy Tuberville still refuses to lift his ongoing block on military promotions
GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville has no plans to back down on his ongoing block of military promotions, despite a new war breaking out in Israel.
A Tuberville spokesperson confirmed to Politico on Sunday that the senator's efforts to halt military promotions remain unchanged: until the Pentagon's abortion policy is altered, he'll continue on.
The Pentagon's decision in 2022 to adjust its policies to allow service members to get reimbursed for traveling out of state for abortion services upset Tuberville, leading him to begin his block on mass military promotions in February 2023.
The process for confirming military promotions is typically straightforward: the Senate majority leader would bring a vote to the floor with a detailed list of proposed promotions. Traditionally, the promotions would be voted on all at once and passed with the unanimous consent needed.
With Tuberville promising to give a "nay" on any vote to mass-promote service members, more than 300 nominees are still awaiting to be confirmed. For now, if the Senate wants to promote a service member, the upper chamber is forced to vote on individual people, severely slowing down the process.
The Senate used this process to promote three generals in late September, though hundreds of nominees remain unpromoted, including several who would lead US troops in the Middle East.
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