Republican senators emerged from a closed-door meeting Tuesday night still searching for an answer to end Sen. Tommy Tuberville's hold over hundreds of military promotions in protest of a Pentagon abortion policy.
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The Pentagon policy funds travel and expenses for service members who go to other states for abortions, which Mr. Tuberville and other opponents say amounts to taxpayer-funded abortions and is illegal. The Department of Defense says it’s to ensure the battle readiness of military members. The four solutions included the Pentagon rescinding its policy; repealing it under the annual National Defense Authorization Act; private organizations funding the abortion expenses; and the chamber holding individual floor votes on nominees.Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer is moving forward next week with legislation that would allow a temporary rules change to confirm all the promotions in one fell swoop.
“Leadership has been totally absent on this. You got Republicans on the floor, tearing each other’s eyes out, and leadership’s doing nothing,” Mr. Hawley said. “It’s like the House when they didn’t have a speaker, except we supposedly have one. It’s un-freaking-believable.”
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