Members are confident an abortion vote won't come up. But any single senator can halt the process.
Schumer has offered Tuberville an abortion vote to break the impasse. But Tuberville said that’s not good enough, instead insisting the Pentagon first rescind its policy, which he argues skirts laws that ban federal dollars for most abortions, before holding a vote to turn the policy into law.“I’m getting to the point now where [the] next vote we’re gonna have on these nominees, it’s gonna be after we vote on a bill that will codify what they’ve got,” Tuberville said.
In the Senate, the 60-vote threshold means any legislation must have bipartisan support to pass, and renders most of those proposals dead on arrival. The Senate voted on 13 mostly uncontroversial standalone defense amendments last week, compared to none in the previous two years. But other fights could test that progress.
Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, the top Republican on the Armed Services Committee, predicted that the abortion debate won't happen as part of the bill. | Mariam Zuhaib/AP Photo
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