Schumer has announced a resolution that would allow for the quick confirmation of nearly 400 officers.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has moved to advance the confirmation of three top military nominees, despite a blockade by Senator Tommy Tuberville.
Tuberville's blockade of almost 400 military officers' confirmations has escalated the standoff over a Pentagon abortion policy.
In an ongoing political standoff, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has moved to advance the confirmation of three top military nominees, despite a blockade by Senator Tommy Tuberville over a Pentagon abortion policy. The nominees include Lt. Gen. Christopher Mahoney, President Joe Biden's pick for assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti for appointment as Chief of Naval Operations, and Gen. David W. Allvin for the position of Chief of Staff to the Air Force.
This move comes in response to Tuberville's blockade of almost 400 military officers' confirmations, which has escalated the standoff over the Pentagon's abortion policy. Tuberville, a Republican senator from Alabama, has extended his holds on the military confirmations with no immediate resolution in sight.
In an attempt to sidestep Tuberville's blockade, Schumer has announced a resolution that would allow for the quick confirmation of nearly 400 officers. This Senate maneuver comes amid increasing frustration from both parties over Tuberville's holds and a new war in Israel.
The confrontation between Republican senators and Tuberville over his blockade marks an extraordinary showdown on the Senate floor. The resolution and the filing of cloture on the three top Pentagon officers are seen as a new strategy by the Democrats to confirm the blocked military officers.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced a resolution that would allow the quick confirmation of nearly 400 officers.
The Senate maneuvers come amid a new war in Israel and increasing frustration from both parties over Tuberville's holds.
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Schumer said Smith’s sudden medical emergency is “precisely the kind of avoidable emergency that Sen. Tuberville has provoked though his reckless holds.”
Schumer filed cloture on Lt. Gen. Christopher Mahoney, nominee for assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, after Tuberville's office publicized collecting signatures to force a vote on the Corps' No. 2.
Schumer also filed cloture on the two remaining vacancies on the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti for appointment as Chief of Naval Operations and Gen. David W. Allvin for the position of Chief of Staff to the Air Force.
Republican senators confronted Sen. Tommy Tuberville over his blockade of almost 400 military officers' confirmations, escalating the standoff over a Pentagon abortion policy.