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A One-Man Blockade Against the U.S. Military
The Daily
The Senate's One-Man Blockade on Military Promotions
Alabama Republican Sen. Robert Teverville threatened to block military promotions unless the Obama administration changed its policy on taxpayer-subsidized abortions. He made good on his threat, and when Democrats tried to move it through he said nope. The Biden administration ignored him; they implemented the new policy anyway in March. This is an example of how a single senator has outsized influence over what happens in the Senate.
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