confirmations

"The trouble with Supreme Court nominations these days in confirmations, they take on all the attributes of political campaigns," said Duberstein, "from nasty attack ads to the expenditures of obscene amounts of money" by outside partisan groups.

Analysis: Sotomayor quietly prepares for high court confirmation hearings 2009

Anyway, I would argue that a supermajority for judge confirmations is a good idea, even though it was the position of the Dems during the Bush years.

Matthew Yglesias » If The Founders Had Wanted a Supermajority Requirement for the Senate, They Could Have Put One in the Constitution 2010

Republicans are insisting that Obama didn’t win this “showdown” because they “blinked,” but rather that this large number of confirmations is just “what happens before a recess.”

Think Progress » Obama ‘wins showdown’ with Republicans as the Senate confirms 27 of his high-level nominees. 2010

“Republicans are insisting that Obama didn’t win this ’showdown’ because they ‘blinked,’ but rather that this large number of confirmations is just “what happens before a recess.’”

Think Progress » Obama ‘wins showdown’ with Republicans as the Senate confirms 27 of his high-level nominees. 2010

Republicans are insisting that Obama didn’t win this “showdown” because they “blinked,” but rather that this large number of confirmations is just “what happens before a recess.”

Think Progress » Obama ‘wins showdown’ with Republicans as the Senate confirms 27 of his high-level nominees. 2010

Republicans are insisting that Obama didn’t win this “showdown” because they “blinked,” but rather that this large number of confirmations is just “what happens before a recess.”

Think Progress » Obama ‘wins showdown’ with Republicans as the Senate confirms 27 of his high-level nominees. 2010

None of the confirmations were the three still on hold by Senator Dick Shelby.

Think Progress » Obama ‘wins showdown’ with Republicans as the Senate confirms 27 of his high-level nominees. 2010

MQuinn, remember than when Senate confirmation was written into the Constitution Senators were not selected by direct election, and that the House plays no role in confirmations.

The Volokh Conspiracy » On Goldstein On Liu 2010

Similarly, we're going to have members of Congress traveling with us, I think at the moment, and we're still getting confirmations, which is always the case.

Press Briefing On New Markets Initiative ITY National Archives 1999

KPMG obtained confirmations from the Chinese tax authorities that confirmed total revenue for the Chinese Subsidiaries in the amount of approximately RMB 1.05 billion US $156 million.

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