Senate Panel Has New Plan to Bypass Tuberville’s Blockage on Military Nominees

The Senate Rules Committee aims to pass a standing order resolution through the Senate on Tuesday to confirm more than 350 nonpolitical military promotions at once, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has announced. If the Senate vote on the resolution is successful, it would circumvent Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), who has been blocking the action by using the Senate prerogative of the informal “hold” practice. Since February, Mr. Tuberville has objected to the unanimous consent requests for all military and civilian promotion nominees. The move has been part of an ongoing protest against the Department of Defense (DOD) and its policy of covering travel costs for service members to obtain an abortion out of state....