• tburkhol@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    How a single senator holds up hundreds of such individuals over something completely unrelated to the job performance of these flag officers is bewildering.

    There’s a senate rule that all general offiver promotions require unanimous consent. Like the cloture rule for judicial appointments, they could change it tomorrow, but a lot of Senate rules are there to allow Senators to feel powerful.