Schumer to bring rule bypass to Tuberville’s military hold to Senate floor in coming weeks | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) recently said he expects to bring a rules committee’s resolution to bypass U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Auburn) military promotions holds to the Senate floor in the coming weeks. Earlier this month, the U.S. Senate rules committee passed a measure to bypass U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Auburn) military promotions hold by allowing […]
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Most Alabama voters want Tuberville to drop military hold: poll | #elections | #alabama
A majority of likely Alabama voters want Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) to drop his hold on military promotions, according to a new poll. The poll, conducted by Public Policy Polling and commissioned by VoteVets, found that 58 percent of Alabama voters think Tuberville has “made his point” with his hold and that he should “now […]
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Veterans group calls on Rick Scott to help break Tuberville hold on military promotions | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
The liberal veterans group VoteVets pressured Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) in a new political ad to help break Alabama GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s roughly five-month hold on more than 300 military nominations. In the latest ad, VoteVets features a Florida veteran who accuses Scott of being AWOL on the blockade from Tuberville, despite the Florida […]
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Biden: Tuberville military holds, GOP silence causing ‘growing cascade of damage and disruption’ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
President Biden on Thursday said Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) hold on military nominations — as well the Senate Republicans who have refused to stop it — is causing “a growing cascade of damage and disruption.” “This partisan freeze is already harming military readiness, security and leadership, and troop morale,” Biden said in remarks at the […]
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