Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) talked Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) out of using a cloture petition to force a vote on one of the military nominations held up by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) because he said the move would be abused by Democrats when they’re in the minority again, the Washington Post reports.
Right now cloture petitions are used rarely by the minority party and almost never by rank-and-file members such as Sullivan.
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