{"id":2041466,"date":"2023-09-22T13:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T17:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-gets-big-win-after-months-long-stand-off-with-schumer\/"},"modified":"2023-09-22T13:32:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T17:32:52","slug":"gop-senator-gets-big-win-after-months-long-stand-off-with-schumer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-gets-big-win-after-months-long-stand-off-with-schumer\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senator triumphs after lengthy standoff with Schumer."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fgop-senator-gets-big-win-after-months-long-stand-off-with-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=2041466&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>Republican Senator Tommy \u200cTuberville of Alabama Wins Battle Over Pentagon\u2064 Job \u2064Promotions<\/h2>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of\u2062 New \u2063York was fuming as\u200b Senator Tommy Tuberville celebrated a victory in his ongoing fight over Pentagon job promotions.<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville\u200c has put a hold on approving military\u2064 promotions due to a Pentagon policy that funds travel for service\u2062 members seeking abortions. This opposition has disrupted the usual Senate procedure,\u200c which expedites promotions\u2062 through voice vote\u200c approval or unanimous consent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-senators-holdout-causes-biden-military-leaders-melt-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tuberville<\/a> has argued that \u2062Schumer could bring the promotions\u2064 to floor votes one by one, and this is\u200b exactly what happened after Tuberville&#8217;s parliamentary maneuver prompted\u200c a \u200dresponse from Schumer.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAnd \u2063so he blinked \u2014 we\u2063 forced \u200dhis hand,\u201d Tuberville said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/tuberville-forces-schumers-hand-military-nominee-votes-he-blinked\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox\u2063 News<\/a>. \u201cNow the American\u2062 people can see they can\u2064 do it, \u200band hopefully he will continue \u200cto do it because I\u2019m not changing my mind on the group at one time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Wednesday, Gen. Charles \u201cCQ\u201d Brown \u2062was confirmed as \u2062chairman of \u2063the Joint Chiefs of Staff. On Thursday, Gen. Randy \u200bA.\u2064 George was confirmed as the incoming Army chief \u2062of staff and Gen. Eric M. Smith was approved as the next commandant of the\u200b Marine Corps, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/09\/21\/senate-military-nominations-tuberville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville claimed that the Democrats could have expedited the \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-nominee-air-force-brigadier-general-blames-fellow-white-colonels-biggest-barriers-dei-agenda-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nominations<\/a>, but they chose not to. Schumer, however, \u2062criticized\u2063 Tuberville \u2062on\u200d the Senate floor, according to a news release from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/majority-leader-schumer-floor-remarks-after-filing-cloture-on-three-senior-military-officers-taking-action-against-senator-tubervilles-reckless-and-dangerous-hold-on-military-promotions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Democrats<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe Senate will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-congress-overrides-president-trumps-veto-of-740-billion-defense-bill\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Congress Overrides President Trump\u2019s Veto of 0 Billion Defense Bill\">overwhelmingly vote<\/a> to confirm them, and these three honorable men will finally be able to assume their \u2062positions,\u201d \u2062Schumer said. \u201cAnd the abortion policy that Senator\u200c Tuberville abhors will remain in\u2062 place. Senator Tuberville\u200c will have accomplished nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Schumer accused Tuberville\u2063 of trying to control officer promotions and delay the process.<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville dismissed Democratic \u200cclaims that he was harming the military.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis hold\u2064 is not affecting\u200c readiness. If Democrats want to complain, they should look in the mirror. \u200dI don\u2019t\u2062 control the floor; the Democrats do,\u201d Tuberville said,\u200c according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/09\/20\/us\/politics\/senate-military-nominations-tuberville.html#:~:text=Mr.%20Tuberville%20accused%20Mr.%20Schumer,floor%3B%20the%20Democrats%20do.%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tuberville received support\u200c from some Republicans, including Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, who commended his stand. However, Democratic Senator \u2062Richard Blumenthal of \u200cConnecticut suggested that Tuberville should eventually be bypassed.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-senator-gets-big-win-months-long-stand-off-schumer\/\">GOP Senator Gets \u2062Big Win After Months-Long Stand-Off with \u200bSchumer<\/a> appeared first \u200don <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What role did the Pentagon&#8217;s \u2063policy \u200bon funding travel for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-gets-big-win-after-months-long-stand-off-with-schumer\/\" title=\"GOP Senator triumphs after lengthy standoff with Schumer.\">service members seeking abortions \u200dplay<\/a> in disrupting the\u200b usual Senate procedure for approving \u2063military promotions?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2064In a recent development,\u2062 Republican Senator Tommy\u2062 Tuberville of Alabama has emerged victorious in his battle over Pentagon job promotions. This victory has left Senate \u200dMajority Leader Chuck Schumer \u200cof New \u2064York fuming. <\/p>\n<p>The cause\u200b of\u200d Tuberville&#8217;s hold on approving military promotions is a Pentagon policy that\u200b funds travel for \u2063service members seeking \u200cabortions. This opposition to the policy has disrupted\u200b the \u2063usual Senate procedure, which expedites promotions through voice vote approval or unanimous consent. Tuberville \u2063has argued that Schumer could \u2063bring the promotions to floor votes one \u2062by one. It seems that this \u2064argument held weight,\u200c as Schumer eventually responded \u2063to Tuberville&#8217;s parliamentary\u200c maneuver.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And so he blinked \u2014 \u200bwe forced\u2064 his hand,&#8221; Tuberville stated \u200dtriumphantly. &#8220;Now the American people can\u2064 see they can do it, and hopefully he will\u200c continue to do it because I\u2019m not changing my mind on the group \u2063at\u200b one time,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Following\u2062 this back-and-forth, on Wednesday, General Charles &#8220;CQ&#8221;\u200c Brown\u2062 was \u2062confirmed as\u2064 the chairman of the\u2063 Joint Chiefs of Staff. On Thursday,\u200c General Randy\u2063 A. George was confirmed as the incoming \u2063Army chief\u2062 of staff, \u2064and General Eric M. Smith was approved as the next commandant of the Marine\u2064 Corps. These confirmations were \u200creported by The Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville maintains that \u200cthe Democrats could have expedited the promotions \u2064if they had followed his\u200b suggestion of voting on them individually. \u2064The dispute\u200c over Pentagon job promotions highlights the broader disagreements between the two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-parliament-votes-unanimously-to-recognize-chinas-genocide\/\" title=\"Canadian Parliament Votes Unanimously To Recognize China\u2019s Genocide\">major political parties<\/a> concerning military funding and \u2062abortion rights.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200d conclusion, Senator Tommy Tuberville&#8217;s successful hold \u2063on Pentagon job promotions illuminates the division\u2064 and potential\u2064 gridlock that \u200bcan occur in\u2063 the Senate.\u200c The issue at hand,\u2063 the Pentagon&#8217;s policy on \u2063funding\u200c travel\u2062 for service members \u200bseeking abortions, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-riots-dragged-democrats-down-in-2020-data-shows-but-peaceful-protests-helped-them\/\" title=\"BLM Riots Dragged Democrats Down In 2020, Data Shows \u2014 But Peaceful Protests Helped Them\">sparked intense debate<\/a> and\u2062 delayed the usual Senate procedure for approving \u2062military \u200cpromotions. As \u200bSenator Tuberville celebrates his \u200cvictory, it is evident that the battle over Pentagon job promotions has far-reaching implications for both parties and their respective priorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York was furious as Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama emerged victorious in his ongoing fight against Pentagon job promotions. 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