I had to go to ABC to get an explanation:
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In the Senate, one senator can hold up nominations or legislation even if the other 99 want it to move forward.
Generally, leaders in the majority party get around this by holding a series of votes to move a measure and dispense of the hold. It just takes some additional time on the Senate floor.
But Tuberville’s blockade is unique because there are hundreds of military nominations and promotions, and Democratic leaders would have to hold roll call votes on every single one of them to get around the hold. It’s a decades-long tradition for the Senate to group military promotions together and approve them by voice vote, avoiding lengthy roll calls.
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If there's an impact on military readiness then why can't the majority party pass emergency legislation to remove these barriers?
I understand that abortion is a big issue in America but it shouldn't be allowed to interfere with other areas of politics related to national security.
Tuberville is playing the system and the system should be designed so that it can be continuously improved to remove these kind of unintended consequences.
And, as I've already said. He's making himself unpopular and giving the opposing party an easy line of attack.