Senate Confirms 425 Promotions After Blockade Ends

December 6, 2023 Military, Republicans

The Senate confirmed more than 400 military nominees Tuesday afternoon after Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., announced he would drop the bulk of his holds, ending a monthslong campaign.

“I’m releasing everybody. I still got a hold on, I think, 11 four-star generals. Everybody else is completely released from me.” Tuberville told reporters. “But other than that, it’s over.”

Hours later, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., took to the Senate floor to confirm all 425 of those nominees unanimously, saying members of the military and their families “can breathe a sigh of relief.”

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Senate confirms more than 400 military promotions after @SenTuberville (R-AL) dropped his monthslong blockade of the nominations, which he held up in protest of the Pentagon’s abortion policies. pic.twitter.com/jnHO1yJEdp

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