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   Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) is calling for the Senate to change its rules   
   amid Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) continued blockade of over 300   
   military promotions continues.   
      
   “I wish the Senate would change their rules so that one senator doesn’t   
   have that kind of power, so that we actually would have a democracy where   
   you have a fair vote,” Smith said of the upper chamber of Congress in an   
   interview on CNN.   
      
   He added that it’s clear to him that Tuberville doesn’t believe in   
   democracy.   
      
   “He doesn’t believe in the system of government that we’ve set up,” Smith   
   argued. “You have a vote, you lose you move on.”   
      
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   Smith, who served as a state senator in Washington in the 1990s, called   
   the House Freedom Caucus and Tuberville’s approach to governance   
   “incredibly destructive.”   
      
   “What he and the Freedom Caucus believe is ‘if you don’t get what you   
   want, do as much damage as you possibly can’ to the government,” he said.   
      
   “In this case, it’s incredibly destructive to the defense of this country,   
   to the national security of this country, to not be able to have top   
   leaders appointed to their position nearly undermines our ability to   
   protect this country bottom line, Smith added.   
      
   Tuberville began his blockade in April in protest of a Pentagon abortion   
   policy enacted late last year. The policy, which covers travel expenses   
   for abortion care, hit the six-month mark earlier this week.   
      
   Smith acknowledged that Tuberville doesn’t support the travel policy, but   
   said it isn’t an excuse for what he has done.   
      
   “Joe Biden won. Okay. Joe Biden put that policy in place,” Smith said. “If   
   Senator Tuberville doesn’t like that, well go support a Republican   
   candidate for president next year, go to the ballot box and make your   
   case.”   
      
   “But, to undermine the ability of our country to defend itself just   
   because you didn’t get your way on one piece of policy is destructive and   
   wrong,” he argued.   
      
   The Senate returned from a monthlong recess on Tuesday and the pressure to   
   do something about the holds has mounted. Military secretaries — including   
   Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and Army   
   Secretary Christine Wormuth — have all criticized the Alabama senator this   
   week, and the Pentagon warned his tactic could bring the Senate to a   
   complete halt.   
      
   Tuberville has also faced strong criticism from Alabama voters, Democrats   
   and the White House. GOP leaders in Congress have tried to negotiate with   
   him and have been unsuccessful thus far.   
      
   But Joe Manchin...   
      
   https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4195224-house-democrat-adam-smith-   
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