ONE US Senator IS holding up ALL the US Defense nominee’s…..
ONE FUCKING SENATOR over government money for miliary abortion payments….
What is wrong with this picture?
One senator….
Republican OR Democrat should NOT be able to do this…..
Nearly five months after Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville announced his hold on Department of Defense nominees, the tactic has become a major flashpoint within the US Senate as institutionalists inside the body are voicing concerns the hold could have long-term repercussions and are openly warning an overhaul of the nominations process could be needed.
Despite efforts from Republican colleagues, Tuberville’s been resolute, holding up the nomination of roughly 250 military nominees – many promotions that would typically be fast-tracked through the Senate. The dramatic impasse is forcing senators to openly question if it’s time for the body to consider changing the rules or at the very least limit the number of nominations that require Senate confirmation.
“Maybe we need another gang to come up with a set of rules changes, but the vast majority of us who understand these tools should be used sparingly, I think we need to raise our voices,” Sen, Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia, said.
The angst is bipartisan as senators are grow wary of a further roadblocks in a Senate that is already doing very little legislating in divided government.
“Are we all gonna start taking hostages now?” Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, said.
A hold in the Senate can’t ultimately stop a nominee from being confirmed. But, it can force Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to burn valuable floor time on a process that may otherwise have moved much more quickly.
It’s a tactic that has been used in the past and escalated last Congress when GOP Sen. Josh Hawley held up Pentagon nominees for several months over the Biden administration’s handling of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan…
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“Holding up one nominee or even a short hold on a handful of nominees has been a way that senators from time to time have exercised a little leverage against an agency that wouldn’t cough up information or an administration that wouldn’t put out a report, but it has completely changed now,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, said. “Now these are holds that are broad and in Sen. Tuberville’s case undermine our national security. That’s a kind of hell-bent on destruction that is one more sign of how broken this Congress has become.”…..
This dipshit tried to take credit for expanded broadband in Alabama that he voted against.
Biden (or whoever handles his Twitter acct) clapped back “see you at the groundbreaking”.
These knuckle dragging assholes need to be called our like this every damn time they try and take credit for anything that benefits the average citizen. Because it’s almost certain they voted against it!
This is the same cracker who’s holding up military promotions because of “woke.”
There IS something wrong that this is tolerated….