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After nine months of jeopardizing national security and
treating military families like political footballs, Tommy Tuberville
finally ended his one-man blockade on military promotions and pay raises
for hundreds of service members.

As a reminder, Tuberville refused to approve more than 400 military
promotions to protest an unrelated policy to help service members and
their families access needed health care — specifically, to travel to
access abortion care.

This blockade imposed serious consequences, including:

* Leaving our national security at risk, and not just for the past nine
months: This hold likely did permanent damage to our military in terms
of retention and recruitment — and hurt the United States’ standing in
the world.
* Leaving hundreds of military families — who have sacrificed so much —
in limbo: without formal assignments, they couldn’t make decisions
about moving or enrolling their kids at new schools.
* Leaving critical positions unfilled: We didn’t have a Chief of Staff
of the Army or a Commandant of the Marine Corps or a Chief of Naval
Operations because Tuberville wouldn’t let us confirm them. And he
held up the confirmation of the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

As we look for ways to award back pay to military officers whose
promotions and raises were held up for nine months, I’ve got one
suggestion: This back pay should be coming out of Tuberville's bank
account.

Also, Tuberville is still stopping eleven 4-star military leaders from
assuming their duties right now. I will stay on this until every single
hold ends.

Now, you may be wondering: how could one senator block all these nominees?

Well, you know how the Senate has to confirm federal judges, ambassadors,
cabinet members, and other top presidential nominees? The Senate also has
to approve thousands of military promotions every year. Typically, those
votes are just formalities. But Tuberville took advantage of Senate
procedural rules to hold all of them up.

And for months, Senate Republicans enabled this out-of-control
obstruction.

Here’s the way I see it: we cannot, cannot, cannot allow this tactic to
become another tool the Senate GOP uses to create more chaos in our
government.

Republicans have already shown that they’re willing to leave a Supreme
Court seat vacant if there’s a Democrat in the White House.

Republicans have already wielded the filibuster to block Democratic Senate
majorities from passing bills that vast majorities of Americans support.

Republicans have already weaponized the debt ceiling to extract policy
demands that they otherwise wouldn’t have enough votes to pass.

It can’t become similarly routine for service members and their families
to be used as pawns.

Also, make no mistake: it’s no surprise that abortion rights are the
underlying issue here. The American people support reproductive freedom,
and Republican extremists know it, so they look for ways to enact their
agenda without going through the ballot box.

I will stay on this until every single hold ends. I’ll keep fighting to
overcome any escalation of the GOP’s obstruction. I’ll keep working to get
things done for the American people. I’ll keep pushing back as they try to
rip away even more reproductive freedoms.

And I’m always grateful to have your support.

Thanks for being a part of this,

Elizabeth






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