{"id":2080593,"date":"2023-10-26T18:33:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T22:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-seek-loophole-around-tubervilles-military-promotions-blockade\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T18:37:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T22:37:32","slug":"senate-democrats-seek-loophole-around-tubervilles-military-promotions-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-seek-loophole-around-tubervilles-military-promotions-blockade\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Democrats aim to find a way to bypass Tuberville&#8217;s obstruction of military promotions."},"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%2Fsenate-democrats-seek-loophole-around-tubervilles-military-promotions-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=2080593&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\u2063 Democrats Seek\u2064 Resolution to Overcome Blockade on Military \u200bPromotions<\/h2>\n<p>Senate \u2064Democrats are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tech-expert-confirms-voting-machines-connected-to-internet-during-ga-senate-subcommittee-on-elections\/\" title=\"Tech expert confirms voting machines connected to internet during Ga. senate subcommittee on elections\">taking action<\/a>\u200b to address the months-long blockade on \u200cmilitary\u2064 promotions by \u200dSenator\u2063 Tommy Tuberville (R-AL). Led by Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed (D-RI) and Senator Kyrsten Sinema \u2064(I-AZ), \u2064they are introducing a resolution to the Rules\u200d Committee. The\u2063 goal is to find\u2062 a temporary solution that would allow\u200b the consideration\u2063 of over 300 stalled promotions on the Senate floor, reducing the number of required votes. However, \u200bmajor promotions would still\u2062 require individual votes.<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville&#8217;s blockade stems from his objection to the Department \u2064of Defense reimbursing travel\u200c expenses for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dod-abortion-travel-policy-not-subject-to-congressional-review-gao-concludes\/\" title=\"GAO concludes: Congressional review does not apply to DOD abortion travel policy.\">noncovered \u2064reproductive healthcare procedures<\/a>, such as abortions.\u200c He believes this \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-our-vote-matters-is-suing-facebook-dominion-mark-zuckerberg-certain-state-officials-others-for-infringing-upon-right-to-vote-assemble-and-speak-freely-you-can-jo\/\" title=\"Group \u201cOur Vote Matters\u201d Is Suing Facebook, Dominion, Mark Zuckerberg, Certain State Officials, Others for Infringing Upon Right to Vote, Assemble and Speak Freely \u2013 You Can Join Too\">violates federal law<\/a> and has vowed to hold up nominations until the policy is dropped.\u200d To move forward with the resolution, the \u200bsupport of \u200dnine Republicans, along with all Democrats, will \u2064be needed.<\/p>\n<p>While Republicans \u2062have publicly supported Tuberville&#8217;s decision, concerns are growing behind\u2063 the scenes about the potential impact on military readiness. Some Republicans have \u200ctried to\u2064 persuade\u200b Tuberville to\u2064 relent, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has expressed\u2063 disagreement with his strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Dan Sullivan\u2063 (R-AK) has circulated a petition to force a vote on two high-ranking military \u200cnominees, securing the necessary signatures. The backlog of Pentagon nominees, which could reach 650 by year-end, is typically \u2062approved\u200b in batches without\u2062 objection. Tuberville&#8217;s hold forces individual votes,\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-seek-loophole-around-tubervilles-military-promotions-blockade\/\" title=\"Senate Democrats aim to find a way to bypass Tuberville's obstruction of military promotions.\">consuming\u200c valuable floor\u2064 time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How are Senate \u200bDemocrats taking action to address the \u2064prolonged blockade on military promotions by Sen. \u2063Tommy Tuberville?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Senate Democrats are taking action to address the prolonged \u200bblockade on military promotions by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL). Led by Armed Services\u2062 Committee\u2062 Chairman Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sen. Kyrsten\u200b Sinema (I-AZ), they\u2064 are introducing\u200c a resolution to the Rules Committee with the aim of\u200d finding a temporary solution to allow the consideration \u200dof over 300 stalled promotions on the Senate floor. However, significant\u200c promotions would still require individual votes.<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville&#8217;s\u2064 blockade\u200b is rooted in \u200dhis objection to the Department \u200bof Defense reimbursing \u200btravel expenses for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-navy-still-without-senate-confirmed-leader-as-middle-east-heats-up\/\" title=\"Israel's navy lacks Senate-confirmed leader amidst escalating Middle East conflict.\">noncovered reproductive healthcare procedures<\/a>, such as abortions. He \u2064believes that this policy violates federal\u200b law and has vowed to hold up nominations until it is dropped. In order for the \u2063resolution to move \u2064forward, the\u200d support of nine\u200b Republicans, in addition to all Democrats, will be necessary.<\/p>\n<p>While Republicans have publicly supported Tuberville&#8217;s decision, concerns are growing about the potential impact on \u2063military readiness behind \u2063the scenes. \u200dSome Republicans\u2063 have\u2063 attempted to persuade Tuberville\u2063 to relent, and Senate Minority Leader \u200bMitch McConnell (R-KY) has expressed disagreement with his strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Dan Sullivan \u2064(R-AK) has circulated a petition to force \u2062a vote on\u200b two high-ranking military nominees,\u200c successfully securing the\u200d necessary signatures.\u2062 The backlog of Pentagon nominees, which may reach 650 by the \u2062end of the year, is typically approved in \u200dbatches \u2064without objection. However, Tuberville&#8217;s hold on the nominations forces\u2062 individual \u2063votes, consuming \u200dvaluable floor time.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution\u200b introduced by Senate \u200dDemocrats seeks to overcome the blockade on military \u200cpromotions and reduce the impact on military\u200d readiness. It \u2062is hoped that \u200dwith the support \u200bof both Democrats and a sufficient number of Republicans,\u2064 a temporary solution can be found that allows the consideration of \u200dthese\u200d promotions while still addressing Tuberville&#8217;s concerns. It remains to be seen\u200b whether the resolution will \u200bgain the \u2062necessary support and effectively resolve the \u2063issue at \u200dhand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Democrats plan to send a resolution to the Rules Committee, aiming to bypass Sen. Tuberville&#8217;s obstruction of military promotions. Led by Chairman Reed and Sen. Sinema, the group is making progress, as reported by Punchbowl News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2080594,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2080593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/2080593","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2080593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2080594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2080593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2080593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2080593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}