{"id":2029558,"date":"2023-09-12T16:37:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T20:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-ask-tommy-tuberville-why-the-senates-not-voting-on-military-nominations-ask-chuck-schumer\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T16:39:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T20:39:19","slug":"dont-ask-tommy-tuberville-why-the-senates-not-voting-on-military-nominations-ask-chuck-schumer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-ask-tommy-tuberville-why-the-senates-not-voting-on-military-nominations-ask-chuck-schumer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Chuck Schumer why the Senate isn&#8217;t voting on military nominations, not Tommy Tuberville."},"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\">28<\/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%2Fdont-ask-tommy-tuberville-why-the-senates-not-voting-on-military-nominations-ask-chuck-schumer%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=2029558&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--><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n        <!-- Image goes here --><br \/>\n      <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>New York Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer loves to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/majority-leader-schumer-floor-remarks-on-senator-tuberville-blocking-military-promotions-in-an-effort-to-prevent-women-serving-in-the-military-from-getting-access-to-reproductive-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lament<\/a> how Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville\u2019s protest of \u200dthe Pentagon\u2019s abortion policy supposedly \u201cweaken[s] our \u2062national security.\u201d So, why isn\u2019t he using his power as Senate majority leader to do anything about it?<\/p>\n<p>Since March, Tuberville has used \u200chis position on the Senate \u2064Armed Services Committee to slow down military personnel moves\u200c requiring Senate confirmation to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/29\/democrats-hate-that-republicans-like-sen-tommy-tuberville-are-finally-doing-their-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">protest<\/a> the Pentagon\u2019s use of taxpayer \u2064money to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-ask-tommy-tuberville-why-the-senates-not-voting-on-military-nominations-ask-chuck-schumer\/\" title=\"Ask Chuck Schumer why the Senate isn't voting on military nominations, not Tommy Tuberville.\">cover\u200b service members\u2019 travel expenses<\/a> to get abortions. To be clear, Tuberville\u2064 is not \u2064blocking \u200cvotes but is <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/us-military-at-risk-senate-army-confirmations-blocked-tuberville-12cd1bd126cc89a5e30a288d22476394\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">forcing<\/a> the committee to vote on each nomination individually rather than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-air-force-nominee-claimed-white-colonels-are-the-biggest-barriers-to-change-in-the-military\/\" title=\"Biden's Air Force nominee blames 'white colonels' for hindering military progress.\">voting \u201cen masse<\/a> on large numbers of nominations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/majority-leader-schumer-floor-remarks-on-senator-tuberville-blocking-military-promotions-in-an-effort-to-prevent-women-serving-in-the-military-from-getting-access-to-reproductive-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fomenting<\/a> baseless claims that Tuberville\u2019s protest is putting \u201cAmerican security in jeopardy,\u201d Schumer could easily utilize \u200dexisting Senate procedures to bring President Biden\u2019s military nominations to the floor for a confirmation \u2064vote.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2023\/09\/08\/chuck-schumers-national-security-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a> \u200d by\u200b The Daily Signal\u2019s Ryan\u2063 Walker, many\u2064 \u201cnon-controversial nominees\u201d are confirmed by the Senate via \u201ca\u200b request for unanimous consent,\u201d which requires the unanimous support \u200bof the upper chamber\u2019s 100 senators. While refusal to consent by a single senator \u200cwould initiate a \u201chold\u201d on any one nominee,\u200b it \u200cwouldn\u2019t \u201cdoom\u201d the nomination altogether.<\/p>\n<p>A hold \u200b\u201cjust means the \u2062majority leader will have to use Senate floor time \u2026 to confirm the nominee,\u201d Walker wrote. \u201cAfter\u2062 years of escalating attacks \u200bon applying the filibuster to nomination votes, all it takes \u2062to confirm\u200d most nominees is a simple majority vote and two hours of debate. If the\u2064 majority leader stacks the votes properly, he can confirm four nominees in a single day, although Schumer rarely has shown such urgency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Tuberville\u2019s protest is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/communist-china-appears-to-block-online-tiananmen-square-museum-follows-crackdown-on-other-exhibits\/\" title=\"Communist China Appears To Block Online Tiananmen Square Museum, Follows Crackdown On Other Exhibits\">endangering national security<\/a>, as Schumer claims, then why isn\u2019t the \u200blatter using\u2062 every available \u2064tool at his disposal to do something about it?<\/p>\n<p>In all likelihood, the\u200c Senate\u2019s leading Democrat would\u200d rather play politics than actually \u2064staff the military he contends will falter without\u2063 Biden\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/woke-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">woke<\/a>\u201d nominees \u200dto run it. If military readiness was his priority, Schumer wouldn\u2019t have kept the Senate \u200don summer vacation for several weeks or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2023\/09\/08\/chuck-schumers-national-security-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sent<\/a> senators home\u2063 early last \u200cweek; he would\u2064 be forcing\u200d votes on military \u200dnominations every day.<\/p>\n<p>Instead,\u2062 Schumer\u2063 will keep running\u2064 to the nearest camera \u200cto feign outrage about \u2062pending military nominations, all the while possessing the power to do something about it.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn\u2064 Fleetwood is a staff writer \u200bfor The \u2064Federalist and a graduate\u200b of the University of Mary\u200d Washington. He previously served as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-sailors-indicted-for-sending-sensitive-u-s-military-data-to-chinese-government\/\" title=\"Navy sailors charged for sharing 'sensitive' US military info with China.\">state\u200b content writer<\/a> for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow \u200chim on\u200c Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer criticizes Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville&#8217;s protest against the Pentagon&#8217;s abortion policy, claiming it harms national security. However, Schumer, as Senate majority leader, has not taken any action to address the issue. Tuberville, serving on the Senate Armed Services Committee since March, has utilized his position to advocate for his stance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2029559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2029558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2029558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2029559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2029558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2029558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2029558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}