On Monday, Democrats in the GOP-led Senate blocked <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-to-consider-bill-to-protect-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legislation</a> that aims to protect women’s sports leagues in schools by trying to keep male athletes who identify as females from competing.
By a <a href="https://x.com/CraigCaplan/status/1896714793031188630" target="_blank" rel="noopener">51-45 vote</a>, a motion to invoke cloture on Sen. Tommy Tuberville&#8217;s (R-AL) &#8220;Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act&#8221; failed. A three-fifths majority — or 60 votes — was needed to cap debate and proceed to a final vote for passage sometime in the future.
&#8220;Senate Democrats just BLOCKED the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. Every Senate Republican supported it,&#8221; Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) <a href="https://x.com/SenJohnBarrasso/status/1896713183030894826" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X. &#8220;Americans agree — men should not compete against women in sports. Democrats are out of touch on this common-sense issue.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/9/text?s=1&amp;r=1&amp;q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22Protection+of+Women+and+Girls+in+Sports+Act+of+2025%22%7D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> says it aims to &#8220;provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person&#8217;s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.&#8221;
If enacted, the bill would amend Section 901 of the Education Amendments of 1972 by adding two provisions to the end:
<blockquote>(1) It shall be a violation of subsection (a) for a recipient of Federal funds who operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls.
(2) For purposes of this subsection, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person&#8217;s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.</blockquote>
&#8220;79% of Americans agree: men don’t belong in women’s sports,&#8221; Tuberville said in a <a href="https://x.com/SenTuberville/status/1894846092828713262" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> to X last week, citing the findings of a recent New York Times/Ipsos <a href="https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/a66cc1cd29a9ea2c/41386e22-full.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survey</a>. &#8220;I hope EVERY SENATOR will join me to PERMANENTLY restore Title IX protections and protect women and girls everywhere.&#8221;
In January, the GOP-led House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-again-passes-bill-to-protect-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> a variant of the &#8220;Protection of Women and Girls Act.&#8221; That bill, which came from Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL), got the support of two Democrats: Reps. Henry Cueller (D-TX) and Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX).
If the Senate managed to approve its own version of the legislation, the House would need to pass it, too. Or both chambers of Congress would have to compromise on legislation that might integrate aspects of each bill.
Opponents of such legislation have <a href="https://x.com/EqualityCaucus/status/1896722078944088239" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> it would have invasive consequences, including &#8220;invasive physical inspections.&#8221; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1879228470900765057" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the House version of the legislation is supported by &#8220;bigoted folks,&#8221; &#8220;assaulters,&#8221; and CEOs.
President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/surrounded-by-young-female-athletes-donald-trump-bans-men-from-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> an executive order in February geared toward keeping men out of women’s sports at schools that receive federal funding. The White House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-backs-tubervilles-womens-sports-legislation-ahead-of-senate-vote">released</a> a statement earlier on Monday that said the Trump administration &#8220;strongly&#8221; supported passage of Tuberville&#8217;s bill.
&#8220;Well, at least now the American people know the truth. Even after [Trump&#8217;s] landslide election, Democrats STILL support men competing in women’s sports,&#8221; Tuberville <a href="https://x.com/SenTuberville/status/1896721877399392348" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X after his bill was blocked in the procedural vote. &#8220;This is far from over. I’ll NEVER stop fighting to protect women and girls.&#8221;

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WASHINGTON—Ahead of the Senate vote on legislation protecting women&#8217;s sports, the White House issued a statement supporting the bill, saying that it is an important move that complements the president&#8217;s executive order.
“The Administration strongly supports passage of S. 9, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025,&#8221; the White House statement said. &#8220;Through an amendment to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, this bill would expressly recognize what is already federal law—that it is an illegal act of discrimination for a man to participate in a federally funded athletic program or activity designated for women or girls.&#8221;
The White House also noted that the bill, introduced by Republican Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville, recognizes that the word &#8220;sex,&#8221; as &#8220;used in the statutory scheme, is based solely on reproductive biology and genetics.&#8221;
&#8220;Men participating in women’s sports not only is demeaning and dangerous to women and girls, but it erodes the integrity of our Nation’s civil rights laws,&#8221; the White House said. &#8220;Congress’s affirmative vote on this bill would complement both federal court rulings and President Trump’s February 5, 2025, Executive Order, ‘Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.’”
<div id="attachment_886339" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-backs-tubervilles-womens-sports-legislation-ahead-of-senate-vote/former-president-donald-trumps-hush-money-trial-continues-in-new-york-24" rel="attachment wp-att-886339"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-886339" class="wp-image-886339 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/03/GettyImages-2152756945-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/03/GettyImages-2152756945-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/03/GettyImages-2152756945-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/03/GettyImages-2152756945-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/03/GettyImages-2152756945-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/03/GettyImages-2152756945-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/03/GettyImages-2152756945-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/03/GettyImages-2152756945-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)</div>
On Monday evening, senators will vote on the legislation, which Tuberville introduced in January 2025. The House of Representatives passed similar legislation in January.
Both Tuberville and Trump have repeatedly pointed to polls showing that most Americans do not support men in women&#8217;s sports. The Alabama senator has condemned former President Joe Biden for taking a &#8220;sledgehammer to Title IX&#8221; and allowing men in women&#8217;s sports across the United States — a move that <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/biological-females-have-lost-nearly-900-medals-trans-athletes-un-report">resulted in more than 900 women</a> losing trophies to men who identify as transgender women.
In early February, Trump signed an executive order banning men from competing in women’s sports, a significant moment in the fight to protect the integrity of women’s spaces from gender activists and ideologues.
“From now on,” he said to massive applause from those assembled, “women’s sports will be for only women.”
“With this executive order, the war on women’s sports is over,” he added.
The order itself states that &#8220;it is the policy of the United States to rescind all funds from educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities, which results in the endangerment, humiliation, and silencing of women and girls and deprives them of privacy. It shall also be the policy of the United States to oppose male competitive participation in women’s sports more broadly, as a matter of safety, fairness, dignity, and truth.”
Tuberville&#8217;s legislation bolsters that order, and is particularly important, given that executive orders can be reversed by a subsequent administration.
&#8220;73% of Georgia voters do NOT want men competing in women’s sports,&#8221; Tuberville posted on X Monday. &#8220;I hope my colleagues <a class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" role="link" href="https://x.com/ReverendWarnock">@ReverendWarnock</a> and <a class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" role="link" href="https://x.com/ossoff">@Ossoff</a> will join me in standing up for the more than 77,000 Georgia high school female athletes who want men OUT of their sports and locker rooms.&#8221;

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WASHINGTON—Republican Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville will reintroduce a bill Wednesday aimed at protecting women&#8217;s Olympic Sports from men who identify as transgender females, The Daily Wire can first report.
Tuberville&#8217;s <a title="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-senate-gop-roll-out-bill-block-biological-men-participating-us-olympic-events-females" href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-senate-gop-roll-out-bill-block-biological-men-participating-us-olympic-events-females" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-senate-gop-roll-out-bill-block-biological-men-participating-us-olympic-events-females&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1738806705453000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2XYOlyFws9PHH9Uj7CKRiL">Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act</a> would prohibit any governing bodies recognized by the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) from permitting men to compete in athletic events intended for women, modifying eligibility requirements for amateur sports governing organizations.
It comes on National Girls and Women in Sports Day — the same day President Donald Trump will sign an executive order banning men from competing in women&#8217;s sports. The president will sign an executive order at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the White House, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/president-trump-to-sign-executive-to-keep-men-out-of-womens-sports">The Daily Wire first reported Tuesday</a>.
“Men should not be competing in women’s sports at any level,” Tuberville told The Daily Wire. “We were all deeply disturbed last summer to see videos of men boxing against women in the Olympics. This is not only dangerous but it is incredibly unfair to the young women who have trained their whole lives to compete.&#8221;
&#8220;Whether in little league or the Olympics, it’s unsafe, it’s unfair, and it’s just plain wrong,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I am proud to introduce this bill and hope to see it signed into law long before the United States hosts the 2028 Summer Olympics so we can all enjoy watching safe, fair competition.”
Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) introduced a House version of the bill, arguing that it is &#8220;more important than ever that we stand up for common sense by prohibiting biological males from competing in female athletics.&#8221;
“From the swimming pool to the boxing ring, far-left activists have hijacked the rulebook to push their extremist agenda onto sports governing bodies,&#8221; he told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Not only is this antithetical to the principles of fair competition, but it constitutes a direct assault on the future of women’s sports altogether.”
The effort is supported by a broad coalition of advocates fighting for the integrity of women&#8217;s spaces, including Riley Gaines, the 12-time NCAA All-American Swimmer forced to compete against a male athlete. She praised Tuberville&#8217;s and Steube&#8217;s efforts in a statement, saying, &#8220;They have made it clear that they will fight for fairness, privacy, and safety for girls and women in sports.&#8221;
Terr Schilling, president of the American Principles Project, similarly emphasized that &#8220;it&#8217;s obvious that men do not belong in women&#8217;s sports.&#8221;
&#8220;Yet despite the overwhelming support for this position among the American people, too many sports bodies still allow men who claim to be women to compete against female athletes,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This is incredibly unfair to women, and it needs to end.&#8221;

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-defense" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Defense</a> ended a Biden-era policy that paid for women in the military to travel for abortions if they were in a state with pro-life laws in place.
The DOD <a href="https://media.defense.gov/2025/Jan/29/2003634768/-1/-1/0/UTD_FOR_MAP_04-25%28S%29_REMOVE-TRAVEL-FOR-NON-COVERED-REPRODUCTIVE-HEALTH-CARE-SERVICES.PDF">rescinded</a> the abortion travel policy on Wednesday, citing an executive order from President Donald Trump to make sure there was no taxpayer funding for abortion. The Biden policy paid for the travel, lodging, and food expenses of a woman seeking an abortion if she was stationed in a state banning abortion.
The DOD has not disclosed how frequently the policy was used, though it was in place for over two years and enacted shortly after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), who put a hold on military promotions en masse for nearly a year due to the policy, celebrated the news.
&#8220;For the past two years, I have been sounding the alarm about the Pentagon&#8217;s illegal and immoral practice of using taxpayer dollars to fund abortions,” he said. “I took a lot of heat when I stood alone for nearly a year in holding senior Pentagon promotions over this —  but as of today, it was all worth it. The Biden administration treated taxpayers like their own personal Piggy bank that they could use to bankroll their woke agenda.”
“Under President Trump and Secretary Hegseth&#8217;s leadership, the Pentagon will once again be focused on lethality, not pushing a political agenda,” he added. “Thank God common sense has been restored to our military under President Trump&#8217;s leadership.”
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth thanked Tuberville on social media for his efforts to fight the policy.
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Thank you for your leadership, Coach. <a href="https://t.co/hoEMpsVd0j">https://t.co/hoEMpsVd0j</a>
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) <a href="https://twitter.com/PeteHegseth/status/1885376017943900425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The decision was widely criticized by Democrats, including Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), who called the move from the Pentagon &#8220;abhorrent.&#8221; 
“It runs contrary to a core goal of the Department of Defense — to ensure the health and well-being of all our service members so that our force remains ready at all times to protect Americans and keep this nation safe,” she said.
The announcement came after Trump signed an executive order last week mandating compliance with the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits taxpayer dollars from going to abortion, saying that the Biden “administration disregarded this established, commonsense policy by embedding forced taxpayer funding of elective abortions in a wide variety of Federal programs.”

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Alabama Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville is calling on the National Institutes of Health to explain why one of its researchers intentionally withheld data on the negative effects of puberty blockers on American children.
Last month, Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/science/puberty-blockers-olson-kennedy.html">revealed to The New York Times</a> that she purposefully stopped the publication of a $10 million taxpayer-funded study into puberty blockers and their effects on American children. Olson-Kennedy had hoped the study would show that puberty blockers improve children’s mental health, and her study found no evidence that this was the case.
“I do not want our work to be weaponized,” said Olson-Kennedy, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/celebrated-trans-doctor-sued-for-medical-negligence-over-removal-of-14-year-old-girls-breasts">was sued just last week</a> by a teenage detransitioner. “It has to be exactly on point, clear and concise. And that takes time.”
Tuberville, along with Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), <a href="https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-exposes-nih-cover-up-of-dangers-of-using-puberty-blockers-on-children/">called on the NIH to explain</a> Olson-Kennedy&#8217;s actions, since she was funded by the agency.
&#8220;We remain concerned that minors lack the ability to fully understand the lifelong outcomes of the interventions studied in this project and provide their consent,&#8221; the senators wrote. &#8220;Further, taxpayers have the right to know the outcomes of the research they fund, particularly when the intervention studied has life-altering impacts.”
In a phone interview with The Daily Wire this week, Tuberville slammed the NIH for &#8220;withholding all the data from the American public about puberty blockers.&#8221;
&#8220;At the end of the day, they don&#8217;t improve mental health of children and they&#8217;re trying to prove that it did,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s just another insane idea that the Left has had &#8230; they want to create a war over gender and we&#8217;re not going to fall for it right now.&#8221;
<div id="attachment_841305" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tuberville-sounds-off-on-republicans-opposing-trump-picks-the-american-people-gave-him-a-mandate/senator-tommy-tuberville-holds-a-press-briefing-after-his-meeting-with-pete-hegseth" rel="attachment wp-att-841305"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-841305" class="wp-image-841305 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-2187428900-864x576.jpg" alt="U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville speaks to members of the press after meeting with President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Capitol Hill on December 2, 2024 in Washington D.C., United States. (Photo by Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-2187428900-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-2187428900-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-2187428900-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-2187428900-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-2187428900-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-2187428900-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-2187428900-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>(Photo by Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)</div>
The Alabama Republican argued that Americans deserve to know where every one of their taxpayer dollars goes, warning that gender activists are &#8220;trying to hide everything that they&#8217;re doing when it comes to gender.&#8221;
President Donald Trump has suggested he will be open to protecting children from these irreversible transgender procedures, and Tuberville emphasized to The Daily Wire that Trump has made it very clear to the public that he is against gender ideology and its impacts on children. Tuberville specifically pointed to Trump&#8217;s statements supporting the fight to keep men out of women&#8217;s sports.
&#8220;Totally against it,&#8221; Tuberville said of Trump. &#8220;He&#8217;s gonna have to find some kind of avenue in which to put a stop to all this madness because we&#8217;re losing women&#8217;s sports, right and left. We&#8217;re losing scholarships for women. We&#8217;re gonna have young women not getting into the sports at all.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s just on and on nonsense that continues to be brought to life by the Left,&#8221; he remarked, commenting on how the Trump campaign &#8220;hammered&#8221; gender ideology so effectively in the last few months of the campaign. &#8220;I think it had a big difference with a lot of people&#8217;s late decision on the election.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;d be 100% for, for banning anything with minors,&#8221; the Alabama senator said. &#8220;There&#8217;s no reason for any parent to have the right to have their kids gender transitioned, before they reach the age of 18 or 19 years old. You&#8217;re starting to see a lot of young people that are, whether it&#8217;s a lawsuit or whatever, saying, &#8216;Why did I do this to myself? Why did my parents allow this to happen?'&#8221;
Asked if he thinks a bill banning transgender procedures for children could make it through the Senate, Tuberville replied, &#8220;Oh, I don&#8217;t think it would get 60 votes.&#8221;
&#8220;I had two votes my first year here on the floor about men and women&#8217;s sports and I didn&#8217;t get all the Republicans votes. Joe Manchin voted with me, but I didn&#8217;t get all the Republican votes. It was heartbreaking to me, just to watch anybody that would vote against that. But again, you know, it was a big part of the Democrat agenda.&#8221;
The NIH did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville argued Monday that his Republican Senate colleagues who oppose president-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s nominees are defying the wishes of their own constituents, who flocked to the polls for Trump.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t understand it,&#8221; he said in a Monday phone interview with The Daily Wire. &#8220;The American people gave him a mandate. This is his team now. He needs the opportunity to put the people around him that are gonna help him with his agenda. Who are we to say that we know more about these people than Trump?&#8221;
There&#8217;s quite a few senators who are not fans of Trump, he noted, including several Republicans.
&#8220;I went through the first process with Biden when I first got here,&#8221; he added. &#8220;There were zero Democrats that voted against any of his nominees. Zero. We got three or four of these nominees fighting to get all the Republican votes. They&#8217;re fighting hard and they&#8217;re having to go see senators more than once. It makes no sense to me whatsoever.&#8221;
Tuberville appeared to refer to Pete Hegseth&#8217;s <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5030684-hegseth-ernst-pentagon-confirmation-fight/">second meeting</a> with Republican Sen. Joni Ernst (IA) on Monday. Hegseth has been one of Trump&#8217;s most controversial picks, facing an avalanche of allegations from Democrats and the media about sexual misconduct and excessive drinking. Tuberville argued that since Trump had hand picked his nominees himself, Trump deserves to have Republicans back his choices.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve got people in the Republican side, for some reason they&#8217;re trying to push the envelope too much,&#8221; he remarked. &#8220;I&#8217;m gonna take President Trump&#8217;s word that the people he picked are vetted and they&#8217;re the type of people that he needs but it&#8217;s just hard to watch what&#8217;s going on up here because it&#8217;s Republicans versus the Democrats and the media and they gang up on us up here.&#8221;
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&#8220;But again, everybody&#8217;s got to make their own decision,&#8221; he commented. &#8220;These senators that are representing these states that President Trump won very easily, I think that to me that says, hey, give him the team he wants and let him go with it because we&#8217;re not gonna have very long. We&#8217;re gonna have a 2 years. It&#8217;s gonna be very tough and he needs people fighting for him on every side to beat the Democrats, right?&#8221;
Ernst <a href="https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2024/12/09/ernst-says-she-will-support-hegseth-secretary-of-defense-nomination-process-trump/76866766007/">said Monday evening</a> that she would &#8220;support Pete&#8221; through the confirmation process.
Asked why Democrats display such unity in getting their president&#8217;s nominees through, while Republicans do not, Tuberville commented: &#8220;I&#8217;d say the leadership.&#8221;
&#8220;You got leadership in the Democratic side that basically says you vote this way or it&#8217;s gonna be the highway. You won&#8217;t get any campaign money or you&#8217;re gonna be, you&#8217;re gonna be primaried. On our side, you&#8217;re your own person, which you should be. But for instance, I represent the people of Alabama. I don&#8217;t represent me and the people sent me up here and I looked at the amount of votes that President Trump got out of Alabama&#8230;I&#8217;m on President Trump&#8217;s side.&#8221;
Tuberville also met with Trump&#8217;s nominee for Education Secretary, Linda McMahon, ahead of his conversation with The Daily Wire. He said that he was &#8220;enthusiastic about her approach,&#8221; and emphasizing the need for real education within the United States following years of woke, racial, and ideological content in schools.
&#8220;We gotta get back to teaching and educating our kids and give them a chance to survive,&#8221; he said, &#8220;and she&#8217;s totally on board with that. She understands it. We talked about school choice, we talk about homeschool, we talk about workforce development, higher education, I could talk all day about education because that&#8217;s pretty much what I&#8217;ve done my entire life. So, we&#8217;re going to work with her very hard and hopefully we can make things work and get better and better and get our kids back to being educated.&#8221;

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> was roasted on Sunday after the Department of Health and Human Services celebrated “Pansexual and Panromantic Pride Day” in a social media post.
Republicans ripped into the agency for the post, saying that President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration could not come soon enough. Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-pledged-to-stop-dei-and-fire-woke-bureaucrats-heres-how-he-can-do-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has promised</a> to bring sweeping reform to the federal government and eliminate politically motivated bureaucrats. 
“Today on Pansexual and Panromantic Pride Day, everyone deserves to feel seen, respected and supported—no matter who they love,” the HHS posted on X. “Create a world where everyone feels proud to be themselves!”
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Today on Pansexual and Panromantic Pride Day, everyone deserves to feel seen, respected and supported—no matter who they love. Create a world where everyone feels proud to be themselves! 🌈<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PansexualPrideDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PansexualPrideDay</a> <a href="https://t.co/4sZjulnJjs">pic.twitter.com/4sZjulnJjs</a>
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People who identify as &#8220;pansexual&#8221; or &#8220;panromantic&#8221; can be attracted to men, women, and those who identify as transgender or &#8220;nonbinary.&#8221;
The post quickly drew criticism from conservatives, including GOP politicians and key Trump allies. 
“Sanity is returning to HHS in 43 days,” Stephen Miller, who is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/best-in-class-trump-picks-stephen-miller-for-top-policy-position" target="_blank" rel="noopener">slated</a> to be Trump’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor, said in response to the post. 
“This entire Administration is nothing but activists&#8230;not public servants. January 20 can&#8217;t get here soon enough,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) posted. 
“Glad this type of bulls*** will end on Jan 20! Can’t come soon enough,” responded incoming Senator-elect Jim Banks (R-IN). 
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“Switch this to &#8216;Lower Healthcare Costs Day&#8217; &amp; we’d be making progress,” wrote tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Trump has tasked Ramaswamy to work with Elon Musk to find ways to cut down on government waste and inefficiency through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). 
“Classic government tactic: blow ‘woke smoke’ to trick progressives into forgetting how much their own policies are screwing over all Americans (including even them). [HHS] should be focused on improving health outcomes &amp; reducing cost, not promoting ‘Panromantic Pride Day,’” Ramaswamy added. 
“I can’t wait until President Trump is back in office,” Americans Principles Project Director Terry Schilling said. 
Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS during his administration. Kennedy has promised to focus on combating chronic health issues, obesity, and restoring trust in the department.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republicans</a> will give <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democrats</a> room to &#8220;cut their own throats&#8221; when scrambling to figure out how to proceed with the 2024 White House race after President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>&#8216;s fumbling debate performance less than two weeks ago, a GOP senator said on Sunday.
Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tommy-tuberville" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tommy Tuberville</a> (R-AL) made the comment on <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6356991836112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221;</a> after Fox News host Maria Bartiromo asked him who will be the running mate if Biden drops out and Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a> ends up at the top of the ticket in the contest against former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>.
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&#8220;I don&#8217;t know who they&#8217;d pick,&#8221; Tuberville said in response. &#8220;We&#8217;re just going to stay out of their way and let them cut their own throats, to be honest with you. It&#8217;s a disaster.&#8221;
Moments earlier, Bartiromo noted Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) would be <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/05/us/politics/hakeem-jeffries-biden-democrats.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">having a call</a> with fellow leading House Democrats to discuss Biden and the 2024 race. She then asked Tuberville for his reaction to the crisis of confidence that Biden is facing from members of his own party.
&#8220;This has been a disgrace. It&#8217;s been a disgrace for 3.5 years,&#8221; Tuberville replied. &#8220;We have been talking to our Democratic colleagues in the Senate. They know what&#8217;s going on. Mainstream media has hid all this. Now they&#8217;re panicking and wondering what they&#8217;re going to do. They put the early debate just in case this happened. Well, it did happen.&#8221;
Biden &#8220;doesn&#8217;t know what day it is,&#8221; Tuberville said. &#8220;It&#8217;s unfortunate for Joe Biden. He&#8217;s sick. Nobody can help that. People do get old. They do get sick. But this is all about the Democrats&#8217; power, they&#8217;re continuing to remain in power.&#8221;
Tuberville added, &#8220;Kamala Harris will probably be the candidate running against Donald Trump. That will be very interesting.&#8221;
As the conversation went on, Bartiromo asked Tuberville about conversations in the Senate about Biden&#8217;s mental fitness, to which Tuberville argued Biden is no longer in charge.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and former President Barack Obama have been &#8220;running the country,&#8221; he said, along with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
&#8220;Joe Biden hasn&#8217;t been making decisions. He might have [in the] first year had some say so about what&#8217;s going on, but he&#8217;s been out of it since after the first year in office. And you can tell by Schumer&#8217;s actions, Pelosi&#8217;s actions the first two years. They were calling the shots,&#8221; Tuberville said.
&#8220;So, hopefully, people understand that,&#8221; he added. &#8220;They have had total control, not the president, but Schumer and Pelosi and all the deep state. The deep state has total control of this. And, hopefully, we can get control of it and get the Democrats out of control and get Trump and all the Republicans running this country.&#8221;

Tuberville Says GOP Will Let Democrats ‘Cut Their Own Throats’ With Biden Debate Fallout

Tuberville Says GOP Will Let Democrats 'Cut Their Own Throats' With Biden Debate Fallout

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A pair of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> Republicans introduced legislation on Tuesday to remove &#8220;woke requirements&#8221; from a $52.7 billion bill <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-signs-52-billion-semiconductor-bill-in-latest-push-to-fight-inflation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> into law by President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> in 2022 that sought to subsidize the domestic semiconductor industry, create more <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stem-students-troll-woke-lgbt-survey-researchers-blame-rise-of-online-fascism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">STEM</a> jobs, and boost research in new technologies.
The new <a href="https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/ROM243083.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">offering</a> from Sens. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tommy-tuberville" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tommy Tuberville</a> (R-AL) and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-lee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Lee</a> (R-UT) would repeal various programs and positions from the CHIPs and Science Act that embrace tenets of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DEI</a>. It also aims to place limits on mandates imposed on entities seeking federal funds related to policies on diversity, mitigating climate change, environmental justice, community investment, and others.
Called the CHIPS Improvement Act, the GOP bill is being pitched as a means to get rid of &#8220;red tape&#8221; causing delays in plans to build up the U.S. semiconductor manufacturing industry. The United States and China are competing<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/12/us-reportedly-weighing-more-limits-on-chinas-access-to-ai-chip-tech.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> over chip technology</a> needed for artificial intelligence.
&#8220;The Biden administration has put American manufacturing, and the American worker, last on the world stage,” Tuberville said in a <a href="https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-introduces-bill-to-boost-american-manufacturing-remove-woke-dei-requirements-from-chips-act/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>. “Our country simply cannot afford to allow China to continue to out-compete us in technology and innovation over the next generation.&#8221;
He added, &#8220;The CHIPS Act has potential, but it needs reforms to become effective. By removing the woke regulations that have nothing to do with job creation and are putting significant bureaucratic burdens on private industry, we can get government out of the way and allow this bill to do what it was designed to do: end American reliance on China.&#8221;
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Seventeen Republicans in the Senate <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3576405-senate-passes-chips-and-science-bill-aimed-at-better-competing-with-china/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">helped</a> Democrats pass the CHIPS and Science Act in the summer of 2022, after which it <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/28/house-vote-semiconductor-chips-bill/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advanced through</a> the GOP-led House with bipartisan support. When Biden signed the bill into law, he said it would benefit the economy and national security. But critics of the legislation still take issue with its expansive push in favor of leftist ideals.
“Since his first day in office, Joe Biden has used every tool at his disposal to advance his radical DEI agenda that aims to divide our country and upend our founding values,” Lee said in a statement. “I am proud to join Senator Tuberville in introducing the CHIPS Improvement Act, legislation that will prevent President Biden from using tens of billions of dollars of taxpayer money to strong-arm companies into adopting the misguided tenants of his dangerous, divisive DEI agenda.”

GOP Bill Aims To Remove ‘Woke Regulations’ From CHIPS Act

GOP Bill Aims To Remove 'Woke Regulations' From CHIPS Act

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Mike Lee

Do not expect any of the names floating around in regard to former President Donald Trump&#8217;s search for a running mate to make the final cut, according to a GOP senator.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/31/inside-donald-trumps-apprentice-style-search-for-a-running-mate-00149827" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke to POLITICO</a> about Trump&#8217;s search for a vice president to serve in a second term, which has drawn a great deal of speculation in the run-up to the November election after two campaigns with Mike Pence as his running mate.
“He’ll ask you about people,” Tuberville said, adding, &#8220;All I can tell you is, if you’re hearing any names, it ain’t going to be them. It’s all propaganda.&#8221;
Among those said to be in consideration include Sens. Tim Scott (R-SC), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Katie Britt (R-AL), and J.D. Vance (R-OH); South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem; and Reps. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-considering-elise-stefanik-for-vp-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elise Stefanik</a> (R-NY) and Byron Donalds (R-FL).
The report also noted Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who served as Trump&#8217;s White House press secretary, and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, who ran against Trump in the primary this cycle, are under consideration.
Last month, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/19/us-news/trump-rules-out-vivek-ramaswamy-as-vp-will-consider-him-for-other-admin-positions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Trump ruled out former GOP rival Vivek Ramaswamy for VP, but would consider him for a Cabinet post. Donald Trump Jr., the former president&#8217;s eldest son, <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/23/us-news/donald-trump-jr-is-lobbying-trump-for-these-vp-candidates/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the outlet</a> he&#8217;s pushing for a &#8220;fighter&#8221; like journalist Tucker Carlson, Vance, or Ramaswamy.
Trump himself has floated possibilities, including Scott and Noem, while stressing there are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-names-two-people-when-asked-about-potential-vp-candidates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;a lot of good people&#8221;</a> he could choose from.
Sources told POLITICO that Susan Wiles, an adviser to former President Trump, is working on devising a short list of VP contenders. One insider even suggested Trump may &#8220;draw this out &#8216;Apprentice&#8217;-syle,&#8221; a reference to his old reality TV show on NBC.
Tuberville hearkened back to his experience as a college football coach in dismissing all the buzz in the VP hunt.
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&#8220;Like football coaches whenever there’s a job opening, my agent always put my name in there to get me a raise, get me publicity and all that,&#8221; he said.
President Joe Biden, like Trump, has secured enough delegates to clinch his party&#8217;s nomination. He is sticking with Vice President Kamala Harris.
Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rfk-jr-announces-hardcore-leftist-nicole-shanahan-as-his-vp-pick" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> Nicole Shanahan, the ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, would be his running mate.

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'It’s All Propaganda': GOP Senator Says Trump's VP Pick Will Be A Surprise

Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL), fresh off <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-katie-britt-delivers-republican-rebuttal-to-bidens-state-of-the-union-speech" target="_blank" rel="noopener">delivering the GOP response</a> to President Joe Biden&#8217;s State of the Union address, spoke on Tuesday about what Congress should do to address the controversial issue of men competing in women&#8217;s sports. She hinted there could be progress on that front — with a GOP majority in the upper chamber next year.
The remarks came as part of a <a href="https://rumble.com/v4itf32-coach-tuberville-hosts-roundtable-on-title-ix.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Capitol Hill discussion</a> on Title IX hosted by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), a former Auburn football coach. Among its featured speakers were former ESPN anchor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/longtime-espn-anchor-who-criticized-covid-mandates-leaving-network-to-exercise-first-amendment-rights" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sage Steele</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fighting-for-women-lia-thomas-teammate-tells-her-story-to-matt-walsh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Paula Scanlan</a>, a former NCAA swimmer who competed against trans-identifying athlete Lia Thomas.
Cady Mullins, another guest at the event, delivered emotional remarks about the physical and mental toll on her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-female-swimmers-speak-out-about-demoralizing-battle-after-trans-identifying-man-joined-team" target="_blank" rel="noopener">daughter Lily</a> when a trans-identifying male joined the swim team at Roanoke College in Virginia.
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&#8220;To think that having a man on a women&#8217;s team doesn&#8217;t affect our young women is to just ignore an ugly, ugly truth. The hell these girls went through affected them dramatically,&#8221; Mullins said.
Mullins went on to ask, &#8220;What can Congress do to put the responsibility on the schools to protect them?&#8221; She directed the question directly to Britt, who has a school-aged daughter and son.
Britt said the experiences of the younger Mullins underscores how adults, including parents, need to demand conversations and support young athletes. As for what lawmakers are doing, Britt said they are working &#8220;diligently&#8221; to give female competitors the best chance for success.
She noted some of the work of Tuberville pushing the Biden administration to push back on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-biden-education-rules-prohibit-blanket-bans-on-males-in-girls-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposed regulations</a> to prohibit schools from enforcing blanket bans on trans-identifying males in girls sports and Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) <a href="https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/hyde-smith-reintroduces-womens-bill-rights" target="_blank" rel="noopener">taking up the fight</a> for a &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-lawmakers-introduce-womens-bill-of-rights-to-stand-up-for-women" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Women’s Bill of Rights</a>.&#8221;
Making a hopeful prediction for Republicans in November&#8217;s election, Britt said, &#8220;When we take back the Senate next year, I have a feeling that we&#8217;ll be able to move some of this forward.&#8221;
The Senate is currently led by Democrats who have 48 seats and three independents who caucus with them. Republicans are the <a href="https://www.senate.gov/history/partydiv.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">minority party</a> with 49 seats. Multiple reports in recent months <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4479501-gop-chances-of-winning-the-senate-on-the-rise/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have</a> <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-face-steep-odds-in-trying-to-hold-majority-in-november/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicated</a> that the chances of the GOP retaking the Senate are improving.
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Thank you to <a href="https://twitter.com/SenHydeSmith?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenHydeSmith</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SenLummis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenLummis</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SenKatieBritt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenKatieBritt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sagesteele?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sagesteele</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PaulaYScanlan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PaulaYScanlan</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/bfheartwarrior?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bfheartwarrior</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/J_Braceras?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@J_Braceras</a> for joining me in today’s roundtable.
Title IX and women’s sports are under attack. We MUST stand up and FIGHT BACK. <a href="https://t.co/vEJQnKCBeV">pic.twitter.com/vEJQnKCBeV</a>
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Tuberbille has witnessed firsthand how the legislative push to protect women&#8217;s sports has become a partisan issue that has held up movement in Congress. Last year, he <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-dem-blocks-bill-save-womens-sports-tuberville-quick-passage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tried and failed</a> to win passage for the <a href="https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-moves-for-senate-to-pass-bill-to-save-womens-sports/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act</a>, which seeks to amend Title IX and ban recipients of federal funds from being involved with athletic programs that allow males to participate in women&#8217;s sporting events. Even if Republicans win a majority, Tuberville cautioned that progress is no guarantee.
&#8220;We have an election this year and hopefully we take the Senate,&#8221; Tuberville said. &#8220;In the Senate, you still have to get 60 votes (to bypass a filibuster). We won&#8217;t have 60, and so we&#8217;re going to have to plead to our cohorts on the Left to make a common sense decision to save women&#8217;s sports.&#8221;
Lummis chimed in to say that she believes Democrats will join with Republicans on the issue &#8220;because they know it&#8217;s wrong.&#8221; Hyde-Smith insisted that lawmakers will use their &#8220;microphone&#8221; and &#8220;platform.&#8221; She added, &#8220;Elections matter. We have got to empower people to get out, vote, and change this.&#8221;

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL)

Katie Britt Predicts GOP Senate Majority Next Year, Movement on Protecting Women’s Sports

Katie Britt Predicts GOP Senate Majority Next Year, Movement on Protecting Women's Sports

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Alabama Republican Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tommy-tuberville" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tommy Tuberville</a> reportedly loosened his grip on holding Senate approval for military promotions en masse after months of blocking them until the Pentagon makes internal changes to its abortion policy.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to hold the promotions of these people any longer,&#8221; Tuberville <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/tommy-tuberville-backs-down-in-fight-over-military-promotions-494cdbbc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters on Tuesday. &#8220;We fought hard. We did the right thing for the unborn and for our military, fighting back against executive overreach and an abortion policy.&#8221;
Tuberville <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tuberville-blasts-biden-would-rather-burn-down-the-senate-than-negotiate-on-military-abortion-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">held up approval</a> of mass military promotions since February, a blockade used to persuade changes to a Department of Defense (DoD) policy that reimburses military members who travel out of state for abortions. The Pentagon invoked the policy after the Supreme Court repealed Roe v. Wade, leaving the issue of abortion legality and limits up to state governments.
Tuberville&#8217;s hold did not block military promotions entirely. The Senate considered approving promotions one at a time while Democrats brought some cases up for a vote for certain top-level positions. However, Tuberville&#8217;s hold prevented voting on multiple cases simultaneously as a time-saving move.
&#8220;I think we saw some success,&#8221; Tuberville reportedly said. &#8220;We didn&#8217;t get as much out of it as we wanted. But again, when they change the rules on you, I had no opportunity to, other than possibly down the road, a lawsuit, but that has nothing to do with the holds. That needs to be done in a separate way.&#8221;
Tuberville suggested his efforts didn&#8217;t get the result intended, noting that the policy is still &#8220;bad.&#8221;
&#8220;We tried to stand up for the taxpayers of this country,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/12/05/congress/tuberville-drops-military-holds-00130149" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Tuberville reportedly plans to hold his four-star nominees, but intends to release the rest effective immediately, allowing the Senate to confirm most of the promotions as soon as Tuesday evening and likely before the beginning of 2024.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D&#8211;NY) told reporters the chamber of Congress will move &#8220;as soon as possible&#8221; to confirm the promotions.
The Wall Street Journal reported that as of November 27, the hold on promotions impacted at least 451 generals and admirals who waited in limbo for nearly ten months.
A U.S. Defense official reportedly said 11 of those on hold are four-star admirals or generals.
Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, a Pentagon spokesman, told reporters the news of Tuberville&#8217;s lift encouraged the Defense Department.
&#8220;We&#8217;ll continue to stay engaged with Sen. Tuberville in the Senate directly to urge that all the holds on all our general flag officer nominations be lifted, to include those nominated for four-star,&#8221; he <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/tuberville-releasing-hold-military-nominees-ending-monthslong-blockade/story?id=105394424" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Following the publication of this article, Senate lawmakers approved more than 400 promotions for senior military officers.
Schumer <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/12/05/congress/tuberville-drops-military-holds-00130149" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> moved to quickly confirm the list of generals and admirals, which were approved with unanimous consent.
&#8220;Hundreds — hundreds — of military families across the country can breathe a sigh of relief,” Schumer said, calling  Tuberville&#8217;s blockade a &#8220;pointless and gravely damaging ordeal&#8221; that should never have happened.
“Let this incident be a warning: No one &#8212; no one &#8212; should attempt this in the Senate again,” Schumer said.
Tim Pierce contributed to this report.

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