The Senate voted on Thursday to confirm Gen. Randy George to be chief of staff of the Army, the second nomination to move through in recent days after Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-AL) monthslong blockade on military promotions and confirmations.

The chamber voted 96-1 to install George, who had been serving as the Army’s vice chief of staff and working in an acting capacity since August. George cleared a procedural vote 92-1 on Wednesday night.

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George is a decorated Army infantry soldier who did multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was the senior military assistant to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and became acting chief of the Army last August.

“As an Army veteran myself, I have full confidence he will continue to modernize the Army and maintain our highly trained and lethal force to fight and win our nation’s wars,” Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said on the floor of the Senate, ahead of the vote. George grew up in Alden, Iowa.

There was growing pressure for lawmakers to resolve a standoff centered on the Pentagon’s abortion policy after the Army, Marine Corps, and Navy had been without Senate-confirmed leaders. Since March, Tuberville placed a blanket hold on more than 300 military promotions after the Alabama senator made it clear he believes policy, put into place in response to the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade last year, is a violation of a federal law that limits federal funding of abortions to cases of rape, incest, or threats to the life of the mother.

Tuberville’s blockade prevented Senate confirmations that are typically moved through the chamber in blocs by unanimous consent. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) had previously refused to take that step, emphasizing that bringing each of the nominations to the floor for a vote would prevent the Senate from taking up any other legislation for months.

An assessment from the Congressional Research Service last month found that working through all of the stalled nominations would take months, even if the Senate did nothing else.

Schumer’s move to hold votes comes after Tuberville sought to force a vote under a rarely used procedure that would have forced the Senate to confirm Gen. Eric Smith’s promotion to Marine Corps commandant, after the Alabama senator collected signatures needed for a cloture petition. Before Tuberville could act, Schumer took to the floor to start the process of voting on three nominees.

Tuberville voted to confirm George on Thursday

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Tuberville has maintained he will not drop his hold on the remaining nominees until the Pentagon reverses its policy or Democrats codify it under law.

Later Thursday afternoon, the Senate will move to confirm Smith's nomination.