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Republican senators, (L-R) Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) speak to reporters about why they are holding up votes in the Senate over opposition to a Chinese trade bill at the U.S. Capitol on May 28, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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  • Sen. Tommy Tuberville plans to circumvent his months-long hold on military promotions.
  • He told fellow GOP senators he intended to force a vote to appoint a new Marine Commandant.
  • Tuberville's single-handedly prevented more than 300 military promotions this year.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville privately told a group of Republican senators that he planned to circumvent his ongoing blockade of military promotions in an effort to appoint a new Marine commandant.

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After preventing more than 300 military promotions, Sen. Tommy Tuberville has p…