U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is responding to a plan Democrats are putting together that would allow the Senate to vote on the more than 300 U.S. Military confirmations he has been blocking for most of the year by blaming the wars in Ukraine and Israel on Democrats and President Joe Biden.

“Democrats are preparing to send a resolution to the Rules Committee that would allow most of the 300-plus promotions Tuberville is blocking to be considered on the floor en bloc,” Punchbowl News reported Thursday. “This would dramatically reduce the number of votes the Senate would need to take to approve the long-stalled promotions. It would be in effect for a little over a year,” and not be a permanent change.

“The resolution, described to us by several sources, includes a carve-out for upper-level promotions like members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and combatant commanders, who would still require individual votes.

The Washington Post adds that Democrats’ plan “will only […]