Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer hasn’t attempted to override Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama’s protest hold on military promotions because he wants to “score political points,” legislative experts have told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Tuberville, who goes by the nickname “Coach” in the Senate, has imposed a hold on over 300 nominees to general and flag officer positions in the U.S. military in protest against a Biden administration policy of reimbursing servicemembers for travel to seek an abortion in states whose laws permit it. Even though Schumer could confirm the nominees by “regular order,” where each nominee is brought forward for an individual vote, he has not done so, leading legislative veterans to claim that Schumer has vested interests, legislative veterans told the DCNF.