Reed says DOD picks could further stall if Dems lose Senate

By Tony Bertuca / October 17, 2022 at 8:31 PM
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed (D-RI) said the confirmations of more than a dozen Defense Department nominees could remain stalled if Democrats lose their Senate majority next month as the party's focus would be to move as many federal judges as possible before yielding control to the GOP. “A lot of this will turn on the election,” he said during a moderated discussion at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. “If there’s a Democratic Senate in the...

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