Tag: Tuberville
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Colleagues are fed up with Sen. Tommy Tuberville blocking military appointments : NPR
[ad_1] Republican Sen. Tuberville of Alabama has been blocking nearly all nominations since February — in protest of Pentagon abortion policy. Senators are getting creative with solutions. AILSA CHANG, HOST: ** OK. Let’s stay with developments in the Senate. One man there continues to hold up hundreds of military appointments. That’s Senator Tommy Tuberville. The…
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Republican senators roast Tuberville to his face over military promotions blockade
[ad_1] For several hours Wednesday night, a handful of Republican senators who have served in the military blasted their Alabama colleague Sen. Tommy Tuberville over his hold on military promotions, a serious escalation of the fight and an indication of just how fed up they are with his obstruction. They forced him to stay on…
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville won’t lift his military blockade amid Israel-Hamas conflict
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The office of Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said he isn’t backing down on his monthslong blockade on hundreds of military promotions, even amid Hamas’ deadly attack on Israel, a close U.S ally. “The Pentagon clearly thinks forcing taxpayers to facilitate abortion is more important than confirming their top nominees without a vote.…
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Senate Confirms Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Sidestepping Tuberville Blockade
[ad_1] The Senate confirmed Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. of the Air Force on Wednesday as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, circumventing Senator Tommy Tuberville’s blockade of Pentagon promotions. The vote was 83 to 11, and was expected to be followed by confirmations of the Marine Corps and Army chiefs, which also have…
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Watch Tuberville fumble basic facts about his one-man military blockade
[ad_1] Sen. Tommy Tuberville continues to make a clown of himself while screwing up the entire U.S. military with his temper tantrum over a military policy that pays for abortion-related travel by service members and their families. House Foreign Affairs Chair Mike McCaul recently told CNN, “The idea that one man in the Senate can…
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U.S. Senator Thomas Tuberville Asks DOJ, SEC to Investigate Crypto Broker Prometheum
[ad_1] Prometheum “may have provided false testimony to Congress or violated U.S. securities laws,” the open letter began. The lawmaker said Prometheum CEO Aaron Kaplan told Congress that it developed its own blockchain platform independently starting in December 2019. However, in SEC filings filed through 2021, Prometheum said it depended on Shanghai Wanxiang Blockchain, Inc.,…