U.S. Senator. Dan Sullivan launched a radical political move against another Republican at the Senate floor on Wednesday in a fight which pits two deeply held Republican values against one another opposing abortion as well as backing for military.
Sullivan with a band of Republicans trying to challenge senator. Tommy Tuberville’s grip on numerous military appointments that need Senate confirmation.
From February to the present, Tuberville, R-Ala. He has blocked 376 promotions. Tuberville has said he’s trying get a change in an existing Department of Defense policyhe is opposed to.
“The Pentagon is now paying for travel expenses and additional time off for military personnel and their families to have abortions.” Tuberville explained on the Senate floor. “Congress did not vote for the idea … It is not a law allowing these women to have abortions.”
Sullivan isn’t a fan of the policy too. He declared himself “as pro-life as you can get.” However, he claimed Tuberville has been causing damage to the military, and is threatening officers for having nothing to do with the policy. have anything to do in the matter.
Sullivan thought he was done trying to resolve the issue with Tuberville and, on Wednesday night brought the issue on Senate floor. Senate floor.
“We are literally having American soldiers under assault within the Middle East,” Sullivan stated, raising his voice occasionally to emphasize. “As an alumnus of the Armed Services Committee, as an U.S. Marine Corps Colonel I am aware that — as we all do this within the Senate: America needs its best combat-ready leaders on the field. But right now, it’s not happening.”
Sullivan talked about admirable generals and colonels who cannot be able to step into their posts of command. So did Republican Sens. Joni Ernst from Iowa, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Todd Young from Indiana and many others. They brought up the officers’ names, one at a time and read about their accomplishments in their careers and requested unanimous consent to have the Senate accept them.
Tuberville’s reply was the same every the time “I protest.”
It continued to happen all night long.
“If we have to call all 376, I’ll happy to call them,” said Graham, who said Tuberville should be taken in court, if he believes that the policy is not legal.
It was a highly public display of a battle which has been in the making in the background. This is a break with Senate customs. However, on its own the drama inside Senate Chamber Senate Chamber didn’t change anything. Tuberville’s holds were in place.
However, it could increase support in the Senate in the next few days to remove the regulations and to approve the schedule of promotions to military with unanimity.
