Posted 12/20/2023, 4:50:00 PM
Tuberville's Months-Long Hold on Military Promotions Fails, Policy Remains Unchanged Despite GOP Protests
- Sen. Tuberville held up 436 military promotions to protest abortion travel reimbursement policy
- He ultimately failed - all promotions went through by Dec 6
- Tuberville admitted "we didn't get the win we wanted" and the policy remained unchanged
- His months-long hold was protested by Sen. McConnell and other Republicans
- Another GOP senator is still blocking some promotions over unrelated diversity initiatives