{"id":2002442,"date":"2023-08-16T12:46:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T16:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-urges-mcconnell-to-pressure-tuberville-to-stop-military-blockade\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T12:47:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T16:47:22","slug":"schumer-urges-mcconnell-to-pressure-tuberville-to-stop-military-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-urges-mcconnell-to-pressure-tuberville-to-stop-military-blockade\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer implores McConnell to push Tuberville to end military blockade."},"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%2Fschumer-urges-mcconnell-to-pressure-tuberville-to-stop-military-blockade%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=2002442&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>Senate\u2062 Majority Leader Calls on McConnell to Pressure Tuberville to End Pentagon Hold<\/h2>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer \u200d(D-NY) has urged Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell \u200c(R-KY) to use his\u200c authority as head \u2062of his conference \u2063to put pressure on\u200b Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) to end \u200dhis\u200c monthslong hold on Pentagon confirmations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Tuberville \u2062has been \u2064embroiled in conflict with the Biden administration for months\u2063 over his hold on \u2062senior military promotions\u200b in\u2063 protest of the Pentagon\u2019s abortion policy, which \u200cpays for\u2062 the \u200dtravel costs and time off of service\u2062 members who must travel out\u2063 of state to receive an abortion due to \u2062restrictive laws. The move has blocked the nominations of over 300 general\u2062 and\u200d flag officers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Democrats Call for Action<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;You know, Republicans have \u200calways \u200dprided themselves on being the national \u2063security party, and yet, that&#8217;s right, they are letting Tuberville do this,\u201d Schumer told MSNBC on Wednesday morning. \u201cIf \u200che \u200bhad their whole caucus, if the \u200drest of\u2064 them said, &#8216;Stop, \u200bwe \u2063demand you stop,&#8217;\u200c he would have to \u2063stop. Now, McConnell and Thune have said what he&#8217;s\u2062 doing is wrong, but that&#8217;s it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me tell you, the power of a leader is enormous. If one of my Democrats was doing this, I&#8217;d call him into\u2063 my office and I&#8217;d say, &#8216;You\u2063 are\u200d going to \u200bstop doing this, or\u2062 you&#8217;re going to pay a price.&#8217; And there are\u2064 a lot of ways a leader \u2064can make you pay that price,\u201d\u2064 he continued. \u201cMcConnell has not done this with Tuberville, so part of the responsibility\u2064 for this, even though he does care about national security, is on his shoulders.\u200d He \u2063ought to do it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062Alabama \u2064senator\u2019s Pentagon abortion fight, which has gone on\u200c since February, \u200dappears to have no resolution in sight. The Defense Department\u2063 enacted the rule Tuberville is protesting last year in \u200cresponse to\u200b the Supreme Court&#8217;s overturning of Roe\u2063 v. Wade, which \u2064had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catholic-group-petitions-supreme-court-on-behalf-of-unborn-seeks-fetal-personhood-nationwide\/\" title=\"Catholic group petitions Supreme Court on behalf of unborn, seeks fetal personhood nationwide\">guaranteed nationwide abortion access<\/a> for\u2064 nearly half a century.<\/p>\n<p>DOD nominees who require Senate\u200d confirmation are typically approved in batches, usually without objection,\u2064 to avoid a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-urges-mcconnell-to-pressure-tuberville-to-stop-military-blockade\/\" title=\"Schumer implores McConnell to push Tuberville to end military blockade.\">severely prolonged process<\/a>. While Tuberville lacks the power to permanently block the nominees, he can\u200c significantly \u2064delay\u200d their confirmations. The first-term senator\u2062 has vowed to continue\u200c his\u200b effort \u2062until the\u2063 Pentagon reverses its policy,\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tensions-over-capitol-police-funding-bill-hit-boiling-point-in-the-senate\/\" title=\"Tensions Over Capitol Police Funding Bill Hit Boiling Point In The Senate\">sparking bipartisan concern<\/a> over \u200cthe implications of leaving so many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuberville-bidens-joint-chiefs-nominee-will-face-promotion-hold\/\" title=\"Tuberville: Biden's Joint Chiefs nominee will face promotion hold.\">high-level positions unfilled<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell has \u200ddistanced\u2064 himself from \u200dTuberville&#8217;s actions, telling reporters in May, &#8220;I don\u2019t support putting a hold on military nominations. I\u2062 don\u2019t \u2064support that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Biden \u200cand administration officials have lambasted the\u2063 Tuberville blockade as detrimental to \u2063military readiness and \u2063overall national security, something the GOP senator has pushed back\u2062 on, arguing that Democratic leadership can simply bring the nominees \u2063up for individual floor votes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) urged Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to leverage his influence over Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and resolve the prolonged Pentagon confirmations standoff. 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