{"id":2112753,"date":"2023-11-30T20:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T01:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuberville-softens-on-military-holds-and-will-pivot-to-woke-biden-nominees\/"},"modified":"2023-11-30T20:07:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T01:07:54","slug":"tuberville-softens-on-military-holds-and-will-pivot-to-woke-biden-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuberville-softens-on-military-holds-and-will-pivot-to-woke-biden-nominees\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuberville eases stance on military holds, shifts focus to &#8216;woke&#8217; Biden nominees"},"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\">24<\/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%2Ftuberville-softens-on-military-holds-and-will-pivot-to-woke-biden-nominees%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=2112753&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>Sen. Tommy Tuberville May Drop Blockade of Military\u200c Promotions<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. Tommy \u2064Tuberville (R-AL) has hinted that he may finally lift his nearly \u200b10-month\u2062 blockade of military promotions.\u2062 Senate\u2062 Republicans have been searching for a solution \u2064for months,\u200c and their patience is\u200d wearing thin.<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville has been\u2062 adamant that he will not release his hold on every nominee, continuing to \u2062enforce holds on Biden nominees\u200b he deems &#8220;woke.&#8221; Since \u2064March, he has been blocking nominations\u200d in protest of the Defense Department&#8217;s new abortion policy, causing a delay for over 300 top military nominees.<\/p>\n<h3>Can Trump Rally \u2063GOP for Obamacare Replacement?<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Now, we&#8217;re working towards getting\u200b the promotions over with, we need to get them \u2063promoted,&#8221; Tuberville stated during a press \u2064conference. \u2064&#8221;We are going through all the people that are up for promotion. We will\u200b promote people in \u2062the very near future. I don&#8217;t know\u200d how many people at one time. I&#8217;d like to get it \u200bdone here \u200bin the next \u200cweek or \u2064so.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The controversy revolves around \u2063the Pentagon&#8217;s decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yelp-announces-theyll-cover-expenses-for-employees-who-travel-out-of-state-for-abortions\/\" title=\"Yelp Announces They\u2019ll Cover Expenses for Employees Who Travel Out-of-State for Abortions\">cover travel expenses<\/a> for service \u200cmembers seeking abortions out\u200c of state due to restrictions \u200cin their \u2063home states. Tuberville believes this policy, implemented \u200cin\u200c response to the Supreme\u200c Court&#8217;s reversal of Roe\u200d v.\u200d Wade, violates federal law, which limits federal funding of abortions to cases of rape, incest, or threats to the mother&#8217;s life. He has \u2063vowed to continue \u200dblocking the nominations of general and flag officers until\u2063 the Pentagon reverses the policy.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u200c Senate \u200dMajority Leader Chuck Schumer\u200c (D-NY) has threatened to bring a resolution \u2063to the floor that would allow the consideration of 350 nonpolitical\u2064 military\u200c promotions at once, \u200bbypassing Tuberville&#8217;s \u2062blockade.<\/p>\n<p>The plan would \u2064temporarily change the Senate&#8217;s procedure without making a permanent \u2062rule change, enabling most of the stalled\u200c promotions to be considered in large\u2062 batches. However, major promotions, such as those for Joint Chiefs of Staff,\u200b would still require individual votes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re willing to let the \u2064Republicans solve this on their\u2064 own,&#8221; Schumer declared during a recent speech. &#8220;If \u200bRepublicans cannot convince Sen. Tuberville to stand down \u200bquickly, we will hold a vote on our resolution to confirm these nominees before the year ends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The backlog of Pentagon nominees, which could reach 650 by year-end, is typically approved without\u200c objection in batches. While Tuberville lacks the \u200bpower\u2063 to completely block\u2062 promotions, Schumer can put individual nominations\u2062 up for a vote.\u2062 However, advancing each\u200b nomination one by one would consume valuable floor\u200d time.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, Republican lawmakers considered suing the Pentagon to overturn the policy or including provisions in the National \u200dDefense\u2062 Authorization Act to invalidate it. However, these efforts failed in\u200b the Democratic-controlled Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Before the Thanksgiving break, a group of Republican senators, many of whom serve on the \u200cArmed Services Committee,\u2063 attempted\u200d to advance \u200dnominees through unanimous consent, but Tuberville blocked every attempt.<\/p>\n<p>Now, some \u2062Republicans are signaling that \u200cthey would vote for \u200cthe resolution as a last \u200dresort. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK), who sits\u200b on the Armed Services Committee,\u200d stated, &#8220;The \u2064standing \u200dorder is not my\u2063 personal preference, \u200cbut at the end \u200dof \u200cthe \u2062day, this is having a\u200c really, really \u200dnegative impact on readiness and morale during \u2064a very\u2064 dangerous time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) also \u2062expressed support for\u200c the resolution\u200b if a solution is\u200c not reached by \u2063the new year.<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville argues that Schumer does not have \u200bthe votes to temporarily change the Senate rules and overcome his holds. To proceed with this method, 60 \u2064votes are required, \u2063meaning nine Republicans would need to join \u2063all Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>While \u2063many Republicans agree with Tuberville&#8217;s\u2063 stance on the Pentagon \u200bpolicy, they are now\u200c acknowledging that \u2064the blockade\u200d could ultimately harm military \u200breadiness worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There \u2062are hundreds of officers whose\u200b nominations are \u2064being held up, and most \u200dof them have no role \u2063in \u200ddeciding or implementing this policy,&#8221; said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).\u2063 &#8220;Sen. Tuberville has committed \u200dto finding a resolution that will allow the majority of \u2064those nominations to proceed because \u200bit&#8217;s unfair to punish officers who have dedicated their lives to defending our nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), a former \u2062member \u200cof Senate leadership,\u2063 believes the standoff will \u2063soon \u2064come to an end, although the exact resolution remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s nothing like a\u2063 deadline to get\u200d us \u200cto act. Sen.\u200d Schumer is going to put\u200c the standing rule vote on the \u200dfloor soon, so I think that&#8217;s what \u200bis precipitating this \u200baction,&#8221; Cornyn explained.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK \u200dHERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why does the Pentagon argue that \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tesla-appears-to-cover-travel-expenses-for-employees-abortion-tourism\/\" title=\"Tesla Appears To Cover Travel Expenses For Employees\u2019 Abortion Tourism\">covering travel expenses<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/austin-defense-department-will-fund-travel-for-service-members-abortions\/\" title=\"Austin: Defense Department Will Fund Travel For Service Member\u2019s Abortions\">service members seeking abortions<\/a> is necessary in order to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bipartisan-senators-introduce-bill-to-protect-college-athletes\/\" title=\"Bipartisan Senators propose bill for safeguarding college athletes.\">ensure equal access<\/a> to\u200d healthcare, and how \u2062do they defend their policy as being in compliance\u200c with federal law?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Senate Republicans led\u200b by Sen. Joni Ernst \u200c(R-IA) met\u200c with Tuberville to discuss \u2064the issue and find a resolution. Tuberville has expressed his willingness to work towards a compromise but has not yet offered any\u200b specific details.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon has defended its decision to cover travel expenses for\u200d service members seeking abortions, \u200barguing that it \u2063is a necessary accommodation to ensure equal access to\u200c healthcare for all service members. They maintain that their policy is in compliance with federal law.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions between Tuberville \u2064and his Republican colleagues are rising as\u2062 the backlog of military promotions continues to grow. Many \u2063Republicans argue that Tuberville&#8217;s blockade is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saudi-court-jails-womens-rights-activist-posing-challenge-for-biden\/\" title=\"Saudi court jails women\u2019s rights activist, posing challenge for Biden\">harming national security<\/a> by delaying the\u2063 advancement of highly qualified officers. They fear that if a resolution is \u2064not reached soon, the military will \u2062be left with\u2063 a significant leadership vacuum.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy over the Pentagon&#8217;s abortion policy highlights \u200dthe broader ideological divisions within the Republican Party. While many Republicans \u200care supportive of Tuberville&#8217;s stance \u2064against what they\u200c see as an overreach \u200cof federal power, others are concerned that his actions\u2062 are hindering\u200c the \u200bfunctioning of the military and undermining\u2064 national\u2063 security.<\/p>\n<p>As the Senate reconvenes after the Thanksgiving break, all eyes will be on Tuberville and \u2064his Republican colleagues to see if they can find a solution to the issue of military promotions. The clock is ticking, and the\u2063 pressure is mounting. The country, and particularly the\u200c military, \u2062cannot afford\u2062 any further delays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) may end his 10-month blockade of military promotions next week. Senate Republicans have been seeking a solution for months, growing impatient. 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