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He has repeatedly insisted that she is "unconfirmable" -- which means she wouldn't garner the 60 votes needed to defeat a GOP filibuster -- and Dodd and Warren clashed on occasion during the debate over financial regulatory reform.

Dodd Downplays Warren Role At CFPB 2010

Grace says the banks have labeled its Chapter 11 proposal "unconfirmable" because it allegedly short-changes them by failing to give them the default rate of interest on their loans.

Grace's Chapter 11 Exit in Jeopardy 2008

The rationale for not naming Warren was always that she was "unconfirmable" in the Senate -- but the Republicans are saying nobody is going to be confirmable.

Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- What Would Ronald Reagan Do? Chris Weigant 2011

The rationale for not naming Warren was always that she was "unconfirmable" in the Senate -- but the Republicans are saying nobody is going to be confirmable.

Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- What Would Ronald Reagan Do? Chris Weigant 2011

He himself would be unconfirmable for any sensitive position because he could be so easily compromised, yet he wants to be the moral watchdog over the Clintons.

Senate Panel Backs Clinton - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

If the point is only that the right also has people who are unconfirmable (and un-nominable), then it is true but not very meaningful.

The Volokh Conspiracy » More on Lithwick’s Lament 2010

"The plan violates the absolute priority rule and is therefore unconfirmable," the FDIC said in court papers.

FDIC Challenges Corus Eric Morath 2011

There is no heavy burden per se on the Anthropologist not to rely on as yet unconfirmable insider information

Néojaponisme » Blog Archive » The Jimusho System: Part Two 2010

Here's an interesting (but unconfirmable) data point:

Green Bay - Anil Dash 2008

If the point is only that the right also has people who are unconfirmable and un-nominable, then it is true but not very meaningful.

The Volokh Conspiracy » More on Lithwick’s Lament 2010