Senate Republicans anticipate that a resolution is near to Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s holds on Pentagon promotions, 10 months into the standoff that has spurred frustrations throughout the chamber.
“You just get the feeling that Sen. Tuberville is about to find an off-ramp,” Sen. Roger Wicker, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Service Committee, told reporters on Wednesday.
And another alternative would involve Tuberville continuing his protest of the policy while some lower-level promotions are allowed to move forward.
It remained unclear which path forward Tuberville would agree to to end his hold.
But Senate Republicans broadly appeared eager to get things moving once again.
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