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September 20, 2023
The Senate is expected to fill three vacancies on the Joint Chiefs of Staff — including the chairman post — after a surprise breakthrough Wednesday.
September 20, 2023
The Senate normally promotes military officers en masse via the unanimous consent process, but Tuberville's prevented them for months.
September 20, 2023
The vote is expected less than two weeks before Gen. Mark Milley retires as Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair.
September 20, 2023
Sen. Tommy Tuberville is blocking hundreds of military promotions and confirmations.
September 20, 2023
Schumer has filed cloture on three military nominations Wednesday in his first move to try and get around Tuberville's military holds.
September 20, 2023
An Alabama senator is holding up military nominations unless the Pentagon ends its policy of paying for travel when a service member has to go out of state to get an abortion or other reproductive care.
September 20, 2023
The Senate overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to advance the nomination of Gen. Charles “C.Q.” Brown to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the first military nomination to advance in the chamber since Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) began his blockade seven months ago. The Senate voted 89-8 to tee up a final vote…
September 20, 2023
A breakthrough in a blockade on military confirmations came after the Senate’s top Democrat moved to hold individual votes for Brown, as well as Army and Marine Corps leaders.