{"id":30581,"date":"2023-04-25T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/04\/25\/no-end-in-sight-to-senate-fight-over-military-nominations\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:30:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:30:37","slug":"no-end-in-sight-to-senate-fight-over-military-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/federal-oversight\/2023\/04\/25\/no-end-in-sight-to-senate-fight-over-military-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"No end in sight to Senate fight over military nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nearly 200 military nominees remain in limbo before the Senate with no clear end in sight as a Republican senator continues his protest over Defense Department\u2019s abortion access policies. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., first threatened to block military nomination votes <\/a>on the Senate floor late last year and halted all confirmations and senior promotions starting in early March. There are now 186 uniformed and civilian nominees stalled as a result of the move, and more expected in coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result is frustration among senior Pentagon leaders and Democratic lawmakers who say Tuberville\u2019s procedural blockade is hurting operations and creating hardship for military families, who are in limbo until the assignments are approved, waiting the move to their next posts. But Tuberville is unconvinced that his move poses any serious military readiness issues, and said he has had no direct complaints from senior department officials in the last two months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s their job to come to me,\u201d he told reporters on April 20. \u201cThis is not anything I\u2019m trying to do to hurt anybody. I\u2019m just trying to prevent this White House from running all over the Senate. We\u2019re supposed to make the laws, not them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t