Sen­ate Repub­li­cans break with Tuberville mil­i­tary block­ade: ‘Nation­al secu­ri­ty sui­cide mis­sion’

Sen. Tom­my Tuberville (R‑AL) blocked a GOP effort to con­firm mil­i­tary pro­mo­tions on the Sen­ate floor as frus­tra­tion over his blan­ket hold boiled over on Wednes­day.
Tuberville has been delay­ing the con­fir­ma­tion of 376 gen­er­al and flag offi­cers over the Pen­tagon’s abor­tion pol­i­cy, prompt­ing mul­ti­ple floor attempts by Sen­ate Democ­rats to break the log­jam. Each time, Tuberville has object­ed, keep­ing his hold in place.
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Repub­li­cans spent months defend­ing Tuberville, in lock­step with his view that the depart­men­t’s pol­i­cy, which pays for the trav­el of ser­vice­women seek­ing abor­tions, was uncon­sti­tu­tion­al. But in pri­vate, Tuberville’s col­leagues have fumed over his approach and the impact it is hav­ing on mil­i­tary readi­ness.
Those ten­sions spilled into the open on Wednes­day as a hand­ful of Repub­li­can sen­a­tors, led by Sens. Joni Ernst (R‑IA) and Dan Sul­li­van (R‑AK), attempt­ed to con­firm each nom­i­nee by voice …