Some Republicans Side with Democrats Over Senator Tuberville's Military Holds | EWTN News Nightly

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There were fireworks on the Senate floor after a group of Republicans sided with Democrats. The hours long standoff played out over Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville's months-long hold on military promotions. He's demanding the Defense Department change its policy, allowing taxpayer funded travel for service members to get abortions. For nearly 5 hours, dozens of Republican senators agreed with their colleague Senator Tuberville that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's policy is illegal, but a handful of Republicans spoke out against the holdout. Senator Mitt Romney says, "It's simply, in my opinion, an abuse of the powers we have as senators." The DOD confirms that one and two star officers selected by a promotion board only have 18 months to be confirmed by the Senate or they could lose the promotion. Senator Lindsey Graham says, "Why would you want to throw your best team off the field. I mean we are in wars everywhere and I want our best people in command positions yesterday." Others say the finger pointing shouldn't be directed at Senator Tuberville, rather the Democrat majority leader. 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