Democrats are eyeing the wrong approach to Tuberville's blanket hold

Jun 28, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -84% Extremely Liberal

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

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Bias Score Analysis

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"Under the rule, Tuberville may speak twice on a nomination on the same legislative day."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Yet Tuberville's effort has Democrats wanting to speed up the confirmation process even more by changing the Senate's rules."
Positive
0% Conservative
"According to reports, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), has placed a blanket hold on more than 200 military nominations -- including five joint chiefs of staff members -- to prevent the Senate from confirming them."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), suggested changes were needed because Republicans like Tuberville have learned to exploit the existing rules."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), suggested changes were needed because Republicans like Tuberville have learned to exploit the existing rules."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"It isn't clear how many Republicans support Tuberville's effort."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"But the effort required pales compared to the danger Democrats claim Tuberville's gambit poses to national security."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Tuberville's blanket hold has some Democrats considering changes to the Senate's rules that would make it harder to obstruct nominations in the future."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) stated that she does not think one person should be able to hold up the promotions and lives of everybody in the military or any other part of government."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"For example, the presiding officer denied Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Mike Lee (R-Utah), sufficient seconds in 2015 at the direction of then-Majority Leader Mitch McCoell (R-Ky.)"
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-22% Liberal
"For example, the presiding officer denied Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Mike Lee (R-Utah), sufficient seconds in 2015 at the direction of then-Majority Leader Mitch McCoell (R-Ky.)"
Negative
-22% Liberal
"For example, the presiding officer denied Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Mike Lee (R-Utah), sufficient seconds in 2015 at the direction of then-Majority Leader Mitch McCoell (R-Ky.)"
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-22% Liberal
"McCoell recently aounced that he opposes blocking votes on military nominations."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Democrats can overcome Tuberville's obstruction by using the same rules they claim are the problem."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"They already give Democrats several ways to overcome Tuberville's obstruction."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"This is because the rules are not responsible for Tuberville's dangerous blockade."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"And Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), argued that it is eating away at our national security, it's putting our national security at risk and the longer it goes on, the more dangerous it can get."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"Warren warned that the Senate can't continue in a world where one senator puts our entire national defense at risk because he doesn't like one policy followed by the Department of Defense."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), recently aounced that he would similarly slow action on future Department of Justice nominations -- U.S. Marshal Service excepted -- to protest the DOJ's indictment of former President Donald Trump."
Negative
-46% Liberal
"Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), recently aounced that he would similarly slow action on future Department of Justice nominations -- U.S. Marshal Service excepted -- to protest the DOJ's indictment of former President Donald Trump."
Negative
-46% Liberal
"Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), called Tuberville's campaign a dangerous blockade."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), called Tuberville's campaign a dangerous blockade."
Negative
-8% Liberal

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