The Alabama senator is holding up confirmations over the Defense Department's abortion travel policy
Despite his argument, the Senate can’t realistically vote on each of the hundreds of general and flag officer promotions expected this year, or it would have time for nothing else.
“The minute we just do the first cloture for a military nomination, we have now turned military nominations into federal judges,” Punaro said. “We will never get it back. We will totally politicize the military.”Republican Leader Mitch McConnell could privately convince Tuberville to quit or compromise, using his influence or leverage.
It also would reverse a policy that Austin has publicly defended on Capitol Hill. Faced with GOP arguments that the Pentagon is undercutting laws that bar funding for abortion, Austin has told lawmakers his policy is on firm legal footing and argued it’s important to ensure reproductive health access for women in the military.
Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal was chosen in the final days of then-President Donald Trump’s term. But lawmakers from Colorado, where Space Command is temporarily located, have, arguing it was driven by political favoritism.
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