{"id":591037,"date":"2023-09-13T20:13:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T17:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/republicans-push-schumer-to-vote-on-top-generals-amid-tuberville-hold\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T20:13:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T17:13:47","slug":"republicans-push-schumer-to-vote-on-top-generals-amid-tuberville-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/republicans-push-schumer-to-vote-on-top-generals-amid-tuberville-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"#Republicans push Schumer to vote on top generals amid Tuberville hold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/cottontom_062123gn01_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Senate Republicans are pressuring Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to vote on some of President Biden\u2019s top military nominations amid Sen. Tommy Tuberville\u2019s (R-Al.) hold, which is blocking Senate leadership from moving nominations and promotions in expedited package votes. <\/p>\n<p>GOP senators pushed for targeted voted during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>oint <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> David Allvin as the Air Force\u2019s chief of staff, and Tuberville made the plea himself on the Senate floor this week. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>In an effort to protest the Pentagon\u2019s new abortion policy, Tuberville has been on 6-month blockade denying military leaders from attaining new positions. The Pentagon\u2019s policy grants leave and covers <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> for service members to get an abortion for those who can\u2019t get one in the state where they are put on duty.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville is not budging despite rising GOP pressure to relent, and tried to turn the tables on Democrats in a floor speech on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is nothing wrong with the floor vote on these nominations,\u201d Tuberville argued, specifically naming Gen. Charles Q. Brown, who has been nominated to replace Joint Chiefs Chair Mark Milley, who will leave his post on Oct. 1. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we do not vote on General Brown\u2019s nomination, then that is entirely entirely the fault of the Democratic majority that runs this floor,\u201d Tuberville said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats can either stop complaining about having acting officials or they can confirm these nominees. You can\u2019t have it both ways,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ak.) made the same argument to Allvin during Tuesday\u2019s hearing on his nomination. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe can also easily confirm you if Chuck Schumer would get off the dime and shows that he actually cares about supporting our men and women in uniform,\u201d Cotton said. \u201cOf course, we voted before on general officer nominations. We voted just a few years ago for Mark Milley to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Senate voted 89-1 to approve Milley\u2019s appointment in July 2019. Cotton suggested Schumer and Biden may not have the votes to approve his replacement if he was put forward for a standalone vote. Brown, who is Black, has been an outspoken advocate of diversity efforts within the military, drawing the ire of some Republicans who oppose the programs. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe my Democratic colleagues go talk to Chuck Schumer, as they\u2019re always encouraging us to go talk to Tommy Tuberville,\u201d Cotton said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>According to the Congressional Research Service, it would take about 700 hours of floor time to individually vote on the nearly 300 nominations and promotions that Tuberville is currently holding up. <\/p>\n<p>But Cotton and other Republicans argue Schumer can use some floor time to advance votes on key nominees like the Joint Chiefs chair and military leaders of branches. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy Democratic colleagues just a few years back required us to vote on the shift of HR McMaster who was only a three-star general, not a four-star general,\u201d Cotton said. \u201cSo I don\u2019t think it would be too much to ask for the Senate spend a little bit of time confirming four-star general officers positions like Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Commandant of the Marine Corps or Chief of Naval operations.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) echoed similar rhetoric, and added that the Pentagon could end Tuberville\u2019s blockade by ending its abortion policy. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s just remember that leader Schumer can bring all these wonderful nominees highly qualified nominees to the floor for a vote. And rather than being here having this discussion, it\u2019s an important discussion,\u201d he said. \u201cWe could be here voting and moving these nominees through and also Secretary Austin could change this with the stroke of a pen by this afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) called Cotton\u2019s remarks \u201cembarrassing\u201d and \u201claughable\u201d during the committee hearing. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s laughable,\u201d Kaine said. \u201cSenator Schumer has not placed a blanket hold on any military nominee. During the entire 10 years I\u2019ve been in the Senate. I don\u2019t think he\u2019s placed blanket holds on any nominees. I don\u2019t see that happening on this side of the aisle and the attempt to blame the vacancies in these confirmed positions on Senator Schumer is embarrassing. It\u2019s laughable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kaine said Democrats don\u2019t mind voting for the promotions, but that process would only help the upper rank of officers and not benefit the rest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s true,\u201d Kaine said. \u201cWe don\u2019t mind voting on people. But the implication is, why not vote on the top brass and just punish all the people below them? That seems to be the offer that\u2019s being made by the GOP. Vote on the top brass and punish everybody else.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) ripped Tuberville during the hearing, saying that his hold on military promotions was jeopardizing U.S. national security.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I met with NATO leaders, I heard concerns that leaving so many senior positions unfilled is leading our allies to question our commitment to NATO,\u201d Warren said. \u201cI\u2019ll be blunt. The actions of the senator from Alabama have become a national security nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Warren asked Allvin how the was impacting the military\u2019s ability to recruit and retain members, particularly in the cybersecurity field.\u00a0The general said he worried about the \u201csignal\u201d it sends to military members considering other options. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe want to maintain and retain the strongest and the best in our Air Force. 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