Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan said Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s holds on military promotions are his “right,” and called for compromise to resolve the blockade.
from Senate Democrats. President Joe Biden has called on Republicans to lean on Tuberville to back down.
“Every single one of these kind of holds, 99% of them get resolved through compromise. And what needs to happen, the secretary of Defense, Senator Tuberville, Chuck Schumer need to sit down and have that pass,” Sullivan told host Chuck Todd. In a Tuesday statement, he denounced what he called “the Biden administration’s unprecedented politicization” of the Armed Forces. He criticized specific administration military policies on issues that
Sullivan also said Senate leadership could bypass the holds by filing cloture and cutting off debate on the nominees individually, which would take up time on the Senate floor.“I am not really liking the direction things are going right now. We are starting to see more members that are saying, ‘I am just going to do a blanket hold,’” MurkowskiMurkowski’s office did not respond to questions about the holds and Pentagon abortion policy in time for this story.
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