Republican Senators Hold Up Nominations for the Justice Department & DOD | EWTN News Nightly

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A pair of Republican Senators are holding up nominations in the Justice Department and the Department of Defense. The lawmakers accuse the DOJ of putting politics over law and say the DOD is breaking the law in its efforts to provide tax payer funding for service members to have an abortion. Ohio Senator JD Vance says he plans to "grind the Justice Department to a halt" by holding up all its nominees. This comes after the DOJ brought indictment charges against former President Donald Trump. The latest example, he points to is of the agency being used for political purposes. Senator Vance says, "We have Catholic fathers harassed for their pro-life activism and of course we have violent criminals walking the streets after the 2020 summer of riots. If you're letting the violent criminals go free and you're harassing Christian parents for their political activism, you're not engaged in justice, you're engaged in politics." Reaction to his boycott came along party lines. Senator Tommy Tuberville continues his fight to make the Defense Department reverse its policy of using taxpayer dollars to pay travel-related abortion expenses for current service members. Senator Tuberville is holding up more than 250 military nominations, including a replacement for Joints Chiefs of Staff Chair, General Mark Milley. Capitol Hill Correspondent, Erik Rosales reports. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf

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