Schumer Vows Bringing Resolution to Floor, Bypass Tuberville’s Military Promotions Blockage

Published on November 28, 2023

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has revealed the Rules Committee approved a resolution allowing the Senate to confirm more than 350 nonpolitical military promotions at once. In a Nov. 27 statement, Mr. Schumer said he would bring the resolution to the floor in the coming weeks to bypass Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), who has been blocking the promotions by using the Senate prerogative of the informal “hold” practice. The Senate can’t use its unanimous consent rules to confirm multiple military promotions and nominations in a single vote until Mr. Tuberville’s “hold” is lifted or bypassed. The body can still confirm individual military nominees through routine procedures, although this opens up the floor for debate on the individual nominees, making the process take far longer than average....

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