The Senate on Tuesday approved 425 U.S. military promotions, which usually wouldn’t attract much attention. But Republican Tommy Tuberville had for months held these officers as hostages in a fight with the Biden Pentagon over abortion. Give the Alabama Senator credit for relenting.
Sen. Tuberville announced he’d release most of his holds, with the exception of a handful of four-star officers. Senate Democrats had been floating a procedural resolution to duck Sen. Tuberville’s blockade, a risky precedent that could cramp every Senator’s prerogatives to review nominees. That was an institutional outcome worth avoiding.
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