Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., said the Senate Rules Committee vote to advance a resolution that may end her Alabama counterpart’s months-long hold on military promotions “sets a dangerous precedent” for how the Senate operates.

Britt is a member of the Rules Committee and was among seven Republicans to vote against the resolution to allow the Senate to consider the military promotions en bloc, or in a large group, being held up by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala.

The measure passed along partisan lines in a 9-7 vote. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, voted no by proxy but his vote only counted for to note his stance and not in the official tally.

“We believe this is the most sensible way to do it because it is a temporary policy, and I want people to have hope that we are going to get this done,” said Rules Committee Chairwoman Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. “And this is the first step in the process to get these promotions through.”

Tuesday’s vote means Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., can put the resolution up for a vote before the full Senate.

“The action taken today by my Democratic colleagues on the Senate Rules Committee is an ill-advised erosion of the institution of the Senate and the core Constitutional role the chamber should play in providing appropriate advice and consent,” Britt said in a statement following Tuesday’s vote. “Fundamentally changing the rules of this institution, even temporarily, sets a dangerous precedent that undermines our nation’s tried-and-true system of checks and balances.

“The Senate rules are designed to ensure the minority party has a true voice—not to whimsically bend to benefit Democrats’ wishes at any given moment in time. Ultimately, rules are real rules only if they’re applied evenly across the board, blind to which party is in power,” Britt continued. “And let’s face reality—when Democrats are in the majority, they’re happy to throw the minority party’s rights down the drain to achieve their short-term partisan agenda; yet, when Democrats are in the minority, they would never cede those same rights. This so-called ‘temporary’ rule change would forever damage the institution of the Senate.”

Tuberville has held up more than 350 military nominations since mid-February over his opposition to Defense Department policies on abortion, including reimbursing service members who live in areas where abortion is illegal and need to travel to undergo the procedure.