U.S. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) is open to a solution to get out of his self-made blockade of military nominees, but at a GOP conference meeting Nov. 7 its clear he’s not ready. Neither are Republican colleagues.
“I wish we’d had this six months ago,” Tuberville told Politico after the meeting. “But we didn’t. And here we are, and hopefully we can work through this and get something done in a short period of time.”
At stake are 400-plus military nominations the senator has stalled in the Senate for months. He continues to say he won’t back down unless the Pentagon changes a policy that reimburses travel costs for service members who have to travel for an abortion.
Tuberville claims he went to the meeting with a couple of optgions but came away with closer to “five or six.”
He says he's working with a group of five GOP senators to find an agreement, including Lindsey Graham (S.C.).
Of the options, Tuberville listed more cloture votes, putting a policy change in the annual DoD policy bill or “maybe a lawsuit or something in that order.”
Still, there was no overarching agreement between lawmakers afterward. (Politico 11/07/23) Behind closed doors, senators pitch options to solve Tuberville’s blockade - POLITICO
Rep. Talib censured by House colleagues
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) has been censured by the House of Representatives following a 234-to-188 vote on Nov. 7.
A privileged resolution to censure Tlaib was introduced Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) following her repeated comments criticizing Israel for its response to terrorist attacks by Hamas on Oct. 7.
After a motion to table the resolution failed, the House advanced the final vote with 11 members not voting.
“We must do the right thing and hold those in the people’s house to account,” McCormick wrote on Twitter, now known as X, ahead of the vote.
Twenty-two Democrats voted in favor of censure Tlaib. Four Republicans voted against the resolution. Eleven either voted "present" or did not vote at all.
Tlaib’s rhetoric has been criticized by Democrats and Republicans in both houses.
A few prominent Democrats took to the House floor to defend her.
“This resolution is about one thing ... the punishment of speech,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.). “So, we have a chance to show the world what the American Constitution means and how we hold fast to our core principles, even when we are drawn away from them by our passions and our righteous anger.” (Daily Caller 11/07/23) House Votes To Censure Rashida Tlaib Over Anti-Israel Comments | The Daily Caller
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