Sen. Tuberville Signals Easing of Military Promotions Blockade

The Alabama senator plans to focus his blockade on 'woke' nominees, potentially ending a 10-month hold on military promotions.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) has signaled that he may be ready to drop his nearly 10-month blockade of military promotions as soon as next week, focusing his blockade on a smaller number of nominees he characterized as 'woke'.
Tuberville has been blocking the nominations since early March in protest of the Defense Department's new abortion policy and has delayed more than 300 top military nominees.
The Alabama senator has insisted he will not be lifting his hold on every nominee and would be still enforcing holds on Biden nominees he deems 'woke'.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has threatened to bring a resolution to the floor that could allow the consideration of 350 nonpolitical military promotions at one time, bypassing Tuberville’s blockade.
Tuberville argued he doesn’t believe Schumer has the votes to temporarily change the Senate rules and overcome his holds. To move forward with this method, 60 votes will be needed, meaning votes from nine Republicans to join with all Democrats.