Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska defended on Sunday fellow Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who is obstructing tons of of army promotions over the Pentagon paying for out-of-state journey for abortions.
Mr. Sullivan stated the way in which to resolve the Alabama senator’s maintain on promotions is “through compromise,” which the Defense Department has been thus far unwilling to do.
“Every single one of these kind of holds, 99% of them get resolved through compromise,” Mr. Sullivan stated on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “What needs to happen, the secretary of defense, Senator Tuberville, Chuck Schumer need to sit down and have that pass.”
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer final week positioned the onus on high Senate Republicans to get entangled and persuade Mr. Tuberville to finish his blockade.
“It’s up to them,” the New York Democrat stated. “They have to put the pressure on [Mr. Tuberville] to back off.”
Mr. Sullivan instructed a possible breakthrough may come within the subsequent few weeks as Congress works to cross the annual National Defense Authorization Act, generally often called the NDAA.
“I think there are going to be opportunities to get to that compromise, like we have on all these kind of holds that happen regularly in the Senate,” Mr. Sullivan stated.
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