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Tuberville pushes to tie voter ID bill to government funding
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Tuberville pushes to tie voter ID bill to government funding

Raw Story  

A handful of U.S. Senate Republicans called Wednesday for the chamber to pass a bill to keep the government open that would also require proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections to deter voting by people who are not citizens, something that is rare and already illegal. Rick Scott of Florida, Mike Lee of Utah, Roger Marshall …

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Alabama Sen. Tuberville blocks quick promotion of top aide to Defense Secretary Austin
4 months ago

Alabama Sen. Tuberville blocks quick promotion of top aide to Defense Secretary Austin

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is blocking the quick promotion of the top military aide to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin over concerns that he and other senior staff did not immediately notify President Joe Biden when Austin was hospitalized with complications from cancer treatment earlier this year. But Clark has faced criticism from Republicans over his role as one …

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Lindsey Graham compares fellow Republican Tommy Tuberville to Nazi appeasers of the 1930s
7 months ago

Lindsey Graham compares fellow Republican Tommy Tuberville to Nazi appeasers of the 1930s

The Independent  

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Tommy Tuberville's blockade shows the Senate's rules need to change.
1 year, 2 months ago

Tommy Tuberville's blockade shows the Senate's rules need to change.

Slate  

Even as the U.S. military faces threats in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, Tommy Tuberville—a first-term Republican senator and former football coach without a whit of political experience, and maybe a half-whit of knowledge—is single-handedly blocking the promotion of 367 generals and admirals. Tuberville has carried on his crusade, despite urgings and protests from the Senate’s GOP leadership, the …

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Hundreds of military promotions are on hold as a Republican senator demands end to abortion policy
1 year, 4 months ago

Hundreds of military promotions are on hold as a Republican senator demands end to abortion policy

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Top defense officials are accusing Republican Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville of jeopardizing America’s national security with his hold on roughly 300 military promotions, raising the stakes in a clash over abortion policy that shows no signs of easing. Frustration mounting, the secretaries of the Navy, Air Force and Army wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post this week …

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Hundreds of military promotions are on hold as Republican senator demands end to abortion policy
1 year, 4 months ago

Hundreds of military promotions are on hold as Republican senator demands end to abortion policy

The Independent  

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Tuberville's hold on military promotions may put 650 officers in limbo by year's end
1 year, 4 months ago

Tuberville's hold on military promotions may put 650 officers in limbo by year's end

NPR  

Tuberville's hold on military promotions may put 650 officers in limbo by year's end Enlarge this image toggle caption Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP The Pentagon says there are 301 generals and admirals whose nominations have been placed in limbo because of an indefinite "hold" by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a Republican from Alabama, who wants the military to change …

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Why a single senator is blocking US military promotions and what it means for the Pentagon
1 year, 5 months ago

Why a single senator is blocking US military promotions and what it means for the Pentagon

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is waging an unprecedented campaign to try to change Pentagon abortion policy by holding up hundreds of military nominations and promotions, forcing less experienced leaders into top jobs and raising concerns at the Pentagon about military readiness. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has said that holding up the promotion of military leaders, most of …

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Republican senator should drop his ‘irresponsible’ protest and OK military nominees, Biden says
1 year, 5 months ago

Republican senator should drop his ‘irresponsible’ protest and OK military nominees, Biden says

Associated Press  

HELSINKI — President Joe Biden on Thursday said it is “irresponsible” of a Republican senator from Alabama to block confirmation of military officers in protest of a Defense Department policy that pays for travel when a service member has to go out of state to get an abortion or reproductive care. “He’s jeopardizing U.S. security by what he’s doing,” Biden …

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Lone Republican leaves Marines without confirmed leader for first time in over a century
1 year, 6 months ago

Lone Republican leaves Marines without confirmed leader for first time in over a century

LA Times  

Gen. Eric Smith speaks Monday at a Washington ceremony for outgoing U.S. Marine Corps Commandant David Berger. The U.S. Marine Corps is without a confirmed leader for the first time in a century as Gen. David Berger stepped down as commandant on Monday and a Republican senator is blocking approval of his successor. “You know, it’s been more than a …

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'Holding the military hostage': Tommy Tuberville accused of putting armed forces at risk
1 year, 6 months ago

'Holding the military hostage': Tommy Tuberville accused of putting armed forces at risk

Raw Story  

Republicans try to position themselves as the party that's "strong on defense," but recent stunts by MAGA extremists have rendered that meaningless, a Washington Post columnist suggests. Sen. Tommy Tuberville has been holding up hundreds of military nominations to protest defense secretary Lloyd Austin’s mandate to pay for service members or their family members to travel for abortion care if …

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The NCAA’s hopes to control NIL laws hinge on Congress. Will it get what it wants?
1 year, 7 months ago

The NCAA’s hopes to control NIL laws hinge on Congress. Will it get what it wants?

New York Times  

It’s been a busy few weeks for college athletics on Capitol Hill, where multiple drafts of potential federal legislation governing the name, image and likeness industry now sit at various stages within the two chambers of Congress. It’s not necessarily what any of us would have preferred four or five years ago, but it’s our current reality.” GO DEEPER Emerson: …

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Black leaders rebuke Tuberville stance on reparations, crime
2 years, 2 months ago

Black leaders rebuke Tuberville stance on reparations, crime

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Tuberville told people Saturday at an election rally in Nevada that Democrats support reparations for the descendants of enslaved people because “they think the people that do the crime are owed that.” His remarks — seen by many as racist and stereotyping Black Americans as people …

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