{"id":1974591,"date":"2023-07-16T16:17:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T20:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lone-gop-rep-threatens-foundational-piece-of-bidens-agenda-and-hes-not-budging\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T16:19:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T20:19:52","slug":"lone-gop-rep-threatens-foundational-piece-of-bidens-agenda-and-hes-not-budging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lone-gop-rep-threatens-foundational-piece-of-bidens-agenda-and-hes-not-budging\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Rep. Refuses to Support Key Part of Biden&#8217;s Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flone-gop-rep-threatens-foundational-piece-of-bidens-agenda-and-hes-not-budging%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974591&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>White\u200b House \u200bPressures Sen. \u2062Tuberville\u200c to Lift\u200d Hold on \u200bDOD Nominations<\/h2>\n<p>As more nominations for \u200bDepartment \u2063of\u200b Defense (DOD) senior\u2063 officers stack\u2064 up before \u200cthe \u2062Senate, the\u200c White House is engaged in\u2063 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-loeffler-fires-back-after-ossoff-accuses-her-of-campaigning-with-kkk-member\/\" title=\"Sen. Loeffler Fires Back After Ossoff Accuses Her of Campaigning with KKK Member\">high-stakes battle<\/a>\u2062 with \u200bRepublican Alabama\u200b Sen. \u2063Tommy Tuberville. The White House is\u2062 applying pressure \u200con Tuberville\u2063 to \u2064lift his \u200bhold \u2062on nominations, but Tuberville remains steadfast\u200d in his\u2063 refusal to budge.<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville&#8217;s\u2063 opposition stems\u200c from his principled stance \u200cagainst abortion. Since March, he has blocked\u200d the \u2063promotion of\u2063 generals and\u2062 admirals\u2063 in protest\u200d of\u200d a DOD travel rule that he believes undermines the law banning federal funding of abortions.<\/p>\n<p>Defense officials argue \u2063that \u2064Tuberville&#8217;s \u2063hold \u2064on\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lone-gop-rep-threatens-foundational-piece-of-bidens-agenda-and-hes-not-budging\/\" title=\"GOP Rep. Refuses to Support Key Part of Biden's Agenda\">senior officer confirmations \u200cputs readiness<\/a> \u2064at \u2062risk. President Joe \u200cBiden, who has\u200d made abortion \u200ba cornerstone \u2064of his administration, would also be jeopardizing his agenda by\u200c giving in to Tuberville&#8217;s \u200dtactics.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Of course it can also become a\u200b matter of\u200b who wields power; if the \u2064administration \u200cgives\u2064 in, then \u2062Senators will\u200c see that Tuberville\u2019s tactic \u200cwas successful. If Tuberville \u200crelents, then he\u200c will \u2062have \u200cto somehow reconcile his absolute statements about holding\u2064 the line. This is becoming a matter of\u2063 political will\u200b for \u200beach \u200dside,&#8221;\u2062 Dakota Wood, the\u2062 senior \u2062research fellow \u200din \u200ddefense at the Heritage\u2062 Foundation, told the\u2064 Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tuberville&#8217;s \u200ddemand\u2064 is for \u200dthe \u2062administration \u2064to reverse a policy that he views \u2064as &#8220;taxpayer-funded \u200cabortions,&#8221; \u200dwhich are \u2064illegal except in rare circumstances. President Biden has\u200c criticized Tuberville&#8217;s\u200c position, claiming\u200c that it jeopardizes U.S. security.<\/p>\n<p>Biden \u2062has made\u2063 abortion \u200caccess a\u2063 central tenet\u2062 of \u200chis 2024 campaign, and his \u2062administration plans to pressure Congress to enshrine the\u2062 expansive \u200cabortion regime \u2062that\u2062 existed \u2062under Roe\u200d v.\u200d Wade into law.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin&#8217;s promise to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/archbishop-condemns-biden-pelosi-for-supporting-abortion\/\" title=\"Archbishop condemns Biden, Pelosi for supporting abortion\">protect abortion access<\/a> for female servicemembers has\u2063 sparked controversy. Tuberville argues that the \u200cpolicy blurs legal \u200blines, as\u2062 the\u200c Hyde \u200dAmendment prohibits \u200dthe federal government \u200cfrom covering abortions \u2064except in rare cases.<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville&#8217;s hold on\u200c senior officer \u2063promotions \u200bhas drawn criticism\u200c and\u200c support from \u2064various quarters. \u2064While \u200csome argue that it endangers\u200c national security, others believe it\u200d is a \u2062principled stand in \u2062defense of\u2063 the unborn.<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u200b pressure from\u200c his own party and \u200cconcerns\u2063 over military readiness, Tuberville remains resolute in \u200bhis position. The issue now rests on whether the\u2062 President\u2062 and his \u200csenior defense\u2064 appointees prioritize their\u200d policy \u2064objective or the impact of Tuberville&#8217;s hold on the \u200bmilitary.<\/p>\n<p>The White \u2062House\u200b has not\u2064 responded to requests for comment \u200bon\u200b the matter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the \u2062Daily Caller\u2062 News Foundation, \u2064an independent and \u200dnonpartisan newswire\u200b service, is available without\u2063 charge to \u2064any legitimate \u2064news publisher that can provide a large audience. All\u200c republished\u2064 articles must include our \u2064logo, our\u200d reporter\u2019s byline and \u2062their\u2062 DCNF \u200baffiliation. For any questions \u200cabout our guidelines\u2064 or partnering\u200b with\u2063 us, \u200bplease \u200ccontact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As DOD senior officer nominations increase, the White House intensifies pressure on Sen. Tommy Tuberville to release his hold. 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