On Wednesday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) admitted defeat and called for a cloture vote on three military promotions being held up by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) due to the military's policy to allow service members to travel to get an abortion if it is banned in the state that they are stationed at.
"We cannot, we should not allow [the blocking of promotions] to be the case," Schumer said on the Senate floor. "So I have just filed cloture on the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the commandant of the Marine Corps, and the Army Chief of Staff. These men should have already been confirmed. They should already be serving in their new positions."
"The Senate should not have to go through procedural hoops just to please one brazen and misguided senator. But this is where we are. In the end, the Senate will overwhelmingly vote to overcome Senator Tuberville's blockade of these three nominees by voting for cloture," he continued. "Then the Senate will overwhelmingly vote to confirm them and these three honorable men will finally be able to assume their positions and the abortion policy that Senator Tuberville adheres will remain in place."
Schumer went on to explain that the votes for these three men will take place on Wednesday afternoon and if Tuberville objects, then votes will take place later on in the week.
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