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Radio: The Senate Could’ve Prevented Senator Tuberville’s Blockade on Military Promotions

by James Wallner
July 17, 2023
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issues: Federal Government Affairs, Governance, Restoring the First Branch
originally published in Inside Sources with Boyd Matheson

For months now, Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville has been blocking nominees for military posts that require Senate approval. Senators on the right and the left have claimed there’s not a way around it. But James Wallner from the R Street Institute says the Senate has several processes by which lawmakers can approve military promotions, without Tuberville.