Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

Tuberville blockade of military nominees could be evaded after move by U.S. Senate panel

BY: - November 14, 2023

WASHINGTON — The Democratic-led Senate Committee on Rules and Administration approved a resolution meant to bypass Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s blockade of hundreds of U.S. military nominees as he continues to protest a Pentagon abortion policy. The Rules Committee voted 9-7 along party lines to, in essence, temporarily change a Senate floor process to allow […]

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville sits with his hand up, one finger covering his mouth.

Tuberville blockade on military nominees could be evaded by tweak in U.S. Senate rules

BY: - October 27, 2023

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats are mulling a strategy to bypass Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s months-long hold on hundreds of military promotions in protest of a Pentagon abortion policy that was authorized in the aftermath of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling. The Alabama Republican has been refusing to join other senators in the routine action […]