A group of Republican senators spent hours on the Senate floor Wednesday fighting Alabama GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville's hold on military nominations.
A group of Republican senators went to the Senate floor Wednesday night to push Alabama GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville to drop his hold on more than 370 military nominations. For more than four hours, Republican Senators Dan Sullivan, Joni Ernst, Lindsey Graham, Mitt Romney and Todd Young spoke on the floor to ask for unanimous consent to confirm military nominations by voice vote, one nomination at a time. They argued with Tuberville. They pleaded with him.
Romney added that he agreed that the Pentagon policy runs afoul of the Hyde Amendment, which says that government funding cannot be used for abortions. But he said the way to counter the policy is through the courts. He also proposed a workaround that would allow private charities to fund abortions out of state for service members.Tuberville blocked 61 nominations on the floor Wednesday evening, Sullivan said.
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