Overview

• Sen. Ruben Gallego sought unanimous consent to advance a resolution denying Air Force funeral honors to Babbitt, but Sen. Tommy Tuberville objected, stopping the measure.
• The Air Force in August reversed an earlier denial and offered military funeral honors to Babbitt, an Air Force veteran killed during the Capitol breach.
• Gallego’s resolution argued Babbitt’s actions constitute disqualifying conduct under 10 U.S.C. §985 and said granting honors would bring discredit upon the Air Force.
• Babbitt was shot by a Capitol Police officer as she attempted to climb through a broken window into the Speaker’s Lobby on Jan. 6, and the officer was cleared of criminal wrongdoing.
• The dispute follows a nearly $5 million wrongful-death settlement the Trump administration agreed to in May and lobbying by Judicial Watch to secure honors for Babbitt.