Asked about keeping senators on the Hill during the August recess, Schumer said, 'We will see what happens.'
has also warned that the delay in promotions caused by Tuberville could result in a"brain drain" from the military.
"Military families do not know where they will live, where spouses will work, where children will go to school," she said on Monday. On Wednesday night, Tuberville told the Senate floor,"It just makes me that much stronger to hear people complain about this, knowing that deep down somewhere there's a soft part in their heart for the four to five thousand unborn babies that will never breathe life on this earth. So, the more Joe Biden attacks me, the more I'm convinced that I'm doing the right thing."and that he's been widely supported by his constituents in Alabama.
Schumer has agreed to give Tuberville a standalone vote on the Pentagon's abortion policy in an attempt to convince him to stop the blockade, tellingNews on Wednesday that if the Alabama Republican"wants to have an affirmative vote, we would not object to it." "In terms of staying [through August], our first job is to pass NDAA and then we'll see what happens and go from there," Schumer said.
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