How is Tommy Tuberville able to block Navy and Air Force confirmations?

Asked by LostInParadise (32278

) November 3rd, 2023

How can a single senator, from the minority party, have so much power? Shouldn’t there at least be a committee to decide on such things? Also, a small number of confirmations did get through Link. Does that mean that those confirmations were okay withTuberville?

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The Senate passes these appointments in groups. Any Senator can object.
Each appointment can be approved individually, but that takes a lot of time.

filmfann (52572

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The system does not work well when very low-quality people get elected to the Senate, particularly when blatant misbehavior doesn’t end up having enough consequences.

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