{"id":2088380,"date":"2023-11-02T17:20:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T21:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-tuberville-on-military-blockade-lets-negotiate\/"},"modified":"2023-11-02T17:31:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T21:31:48","slug":"senator-tuberville-on-military-blockade-lets-negotiate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-tuberville-on-military-blockade-lets-negotiate\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Tuberville calls for negotiations on 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\">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%2Fsenator-tuberville-on-military-blockade-lets-negotiate%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=2088380&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) arrives for a briefing on Ukraine at the U.S. Capitol on September 20, 2023 in \u200dWashington, DC. Leaders from the \u200cState\u2062 Department, Department of \u200cDefense and intelligence community briefed Senators on the ongoing \u2062Ukrainian war \u200dagainst Russia. (Photo \u2062by Kevin \u2063Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Ongoing Battle Over Military Nominations \u2064Puts Pressure on \u2063Senator \u200dTuberville<\/h2>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/taylor-tinsley\">Taylor Tinsley<\/a><br \/>2:18 PM \u2013 Thursday, November 2, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Senator\u2064 Tommy Tuberville \u200cis facing mounting pressure from fellow Republicans to end his blockade on military nominations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>GOP\u200b Senators including Dan Sullivan (R-Ark.), Joni Ernst \u2063(R-Iowa.), Lindsey Graham\u200d (R-S.C.), Mitt\u200b Romney (R-Utah.)\u2062 and Todd Young (R-Ind.) \u200dspoke for more than four hours on the\u200b Senate\u2064 floor \u200con Wednesday night.\u200b While there, they slammed Tuberville (R-Ala.) for not letting up on his hold of nearly 400 military nominations.<\/p>\n<p>Each time one of the \u2064senators asked for unanimous consent by\u2064 voice \u2063vote, Tuberville objected one nomination at a time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve just denied this lady a\u2063 promotion,\u201d Senator Graham said. \u201cYou did that. \u200dAll \u200dof us are ready to promote her because she deserves to be promoted, she had nothing to do \u2063with \u2064this policy\u2026 Whether\u200b you believe it or not \u2062Senator Tuberville, this is doing great damage to our\u200c military.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Heartbreaking: \u2064Lindsey Graham, one of \u2064the worst \u2062Senators you know, just made\u2063 a great point about Tommy Tuberville.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5Gjj9d5JUl\">pic.twitter.com\/5Gjj9d5JUl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Really\u2062 American \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ReallyAmerican1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReallyAmerican1\/status\/1719873759274774816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Tuberville\u2019s months-long blockade comes \u200din protest of\u200d a \u2062Pentagon policy that pays for service members and dependents time-off and\u200b travel to get an abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Others in opposition also\u2062 noted the Alabama Senator \u200cis now holding\u2062 up leadership positions in the \u200cMiddle East amid conflict between \u200dIsrael and Hamas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re definitely impacting readiness and we\u2019re definitely impacting morale,\u201d Senator Sullivan said.\u200c \u201cSo again, my \u200dcolleagues saying \u2018don\u2019t \u200dworry there\u2019s no readiness problems,\u2019 no offense but that\u2019s just ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sullivan: My \u2062colleague is saying there is no problem, \u200bno readiness problems. No offense but that&#8217;s ridiculous\u2063 and he knows it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eukJzLgj9M\">pic.twitter.com\/eukJzLgj9M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1719908410248909050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>During\u200d an interview with <em>News Nation<\/em> on Thursday, Tuberville said all he \u200bwants to do is negotiate. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe had\u2063 a very good abortion policy in the military before the \u2063Biden \u200bAdministration \u200bchanged it without going through Congress, \u2063so hopefully we can get some negotiations \u2064that\u2019s all I want,\u201d said Tuberville. \u201cLet\u2019s negotiate this thing. \u200bI know I\u2019m not going\u200d to get\u200d 100% of\u200c what I want but at least we can make it fair for\u2064 everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Alabama Republican questioned \u200dwhy the Biden Administration \u200dchanged\u200d the policy that was voted\u200d in over 40-years ago. He asserted it worked perfectly and had\u200c no complaints. <\/p>\n<p>Tuberville maintains that it\u2019s \u2063not fair for the American taxpayer to have to pay for a policy, because\u2063 no one even knows what\u200c it really is. He also stated that\u2064 he wants to meet with President Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to go over the policy and \u201cget it down\u2064 on paper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed!\u2063 Receive breaking news blasts directly to \u2062your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3>Upcoming Events:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Thousands of \u2062people are expected\u2064 to attend a Free Palestine march \u200bin D.C. on\u200d Saturday, Nov 4th.<\/li>\n<li>President Biden checks Minnesota off his \u200clist \u2064before heading to Illinois in\u200b his\u200c \u2018Investing \u200dIn Rural America\u2019 Tour.<\/li>\n<li>Speaker Of The House Mike Johnson lays out his plan to pass conservative legislation such as continued \u200bsupport for the \u200dJewish homeland.<\/li>\n<li>Foreign policy experts are placing blame \u2063on President Joe Biden for Iran\u2019s rising \u200coil revenue.<\/li>\n<li>PayPal added nearly $4 billion to its market value after a pledge to turn \u2063\u201cleaner\u201d \u2062fired up\u2062 investors.<\/li>\n<li>China\u2019s most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-seeks-to-block-jetblues-spirit-airlines-deal-at-trial\/\" title=\"US aims to prevent JetBlue's acquisition of Spirit Airlines through legal proceedings.\">popular social media platforms announced<\/a> that\u200c \u201cself-media\u201d accounts with more than 500,000 followers will be asked to display real-name information.<\/li>\n<li>Intel rose more\u200b than 9% on Friday\u2064 and sparked a jump in chip\u2064 stocks after the personal computer market\u2064 was rebounding from its quarters-long slump.<\/li>\n<li>Amazon.com rose 7% on Friday as it aims\u200d for a \u200clarger share of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/idf-solider-rescued-from-hamas-captivity-during-ground-invasion\/\" title=\"IDF soldier saved from Hamas captivity in ground invasion.\">booming artificial \u2063intelligence market<\/a>\u2064 in a \u2063race\u2064 with Microsoft.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How has \u200bSenator Tuberville&#8217;s blockade on \u200dmilitary nominations \u2063affected the Senate\u2062 floor proceedings?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ongoing Battle Over Military Nominations Puts Pressure on Senator Tuberville<\/p>\n<p>Senator Tommy Tuberville\u2063 is facing\u2064 mounting pressure from fellow Republicans to \u2062end his blockade\u200d on military nominations. GOP Senators including Dan Sullivan, Joni Ernst, Lindsey Graham, Mitt Romney, and \u200bTodd Young spoke \u200bfor more than four hours on the Senate floor on Wednesday night, criticizing Tuberville for not letting up \u200con his hold of nearly 400 military \u2063nominations.<\/p>\n<p>Each time one of the senators\u200c asked for unanimous consent by voice vote, Tuberville objected to one nomination at a time. This tactic\u200d drew the \u200dire of his colleagues who argued that it was causing great damage to the military. Senator Graham \u2064stated, &#8220;You&#8217;ve just denied this \u2062lady a promotion. You did that. All of us are ready to promote \u200bher\u200b because she deserves to be promoted, she had nothing to do with this policy&#8230; Whether you \u200cbelieve it or not Senator Tuberville, this is doing great damage to our military.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville&#8217;s months-long blockade is in protest of a Pentagon\u2063 policy that pays for service members and dependents time off and travel \u2064to get an abortion. He believes\u200b that this \u2063policy, changed by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) attends Ukraine briefing at U.S. Capitol. State Department, Defense Department, and intelligence community leaders update Senators on ongoing Ukrainian war with Russia. 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