Today's debate: Tommy Tuberville's abortion protest.
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Isaac Saul
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🗓️ 17 July 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL). Tuberville has been blocking all nominations for senior military positions over his disagreement with a Defense Department policy to pay for service members’ out-of-state travel for abortions or other reproductive care. As part of a protest against the policy, Tuberville has used the unique power held by individual senators known as "unanimous consent" to stall all nominations for senior military personnel, and has refused to budge from his position despite attacks from President Joe Biden, some of his Republican colleagues, and an open letter from seven previous secretaries of defense.
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| 0:59.9 | I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and on today's episode, we're going to be talking about Senator Tommy Tuberville and the controversy around some of what he is doing right now to delay military nominations for some |
| 1:14.2 | senior roles. It's a pretty interesting story and a good look at the state of the Senate currently. |
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