#Senate GOP takes backseat on debt talks, fueling anxiety

#Senate GOP takes backseat on debt talks, fueling anxiety

The negotiations between President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on raising the debt limit has put the Senate in the backseat, fueling anxiety among the upper chamber’s conservatives that the deal will be a major disappointment.   Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) is threatening to use every procedural tool available to slow down the legislation,…

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#Tuberville blocks Warren’s attempt to begin advancing 184 military promotions 

#Tuberville blocks Warren’s attempt to begin advancing 184 military promotions 

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) on Tuesday blocked a request by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to allow 184 military promotions to move forward over his objection to the Pentagon’s recently enacted abortion policy. Tuberville’s protest of the Defense Department’s policy of providing leave and reimbursing some expenses for service members who must travel to obtain…

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