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Advise and Consent

I Saw Homos At The Movies... Not!

Rev. Mel White | Posted 09.11.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Advise and Consent, Boys in the Band, Christian Right, Gays in Movies, Death in Venice, Homosexuality in Film, Gays in Film, Gay Voices News
Rev. Mel White

It wasn't enough that my religious background misused the Bible to "prove" that homosexuality was a sin. It took Hollywood to make clear the tragic consequences of "giving in" to my "sinfulness": suicide (Advise and Consent), unhappiness (Boys in the Band), and unfulfilled longing (Death in Venice).

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Obama Can Now Replace Bryza With a New Nominee as Ambassador to Azerbaijan

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Russ Feingold, Barbara Boxer, White House, Baku, Azerbaijan, Wall Street Journal, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Ilham Aliyev, Advise and Consent, U.S. Senate, Armenia, Robert Gates, John Kerry, "Hold, Washington Post, Ambassador, Turkey, Washington DC, Congress, Robert Menendez, Matthew Bryza, Anca, Karabagh, State Department, Barack Obama, Artsakh, Caucasus, Recess Appointment, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Neo-Conservatives, Oil and Gas Lobby, World News
Harut Sassounian

At this point, the ideal option for Obama would be to abandon Matthew Bryza's flawed candidacy for ambassador to Azerbaijan and name another less controversial nominee who could be confirmed by the Senate.

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Break Up the Harvard/Yale Monopoly on the Supreme Court

Susie Hoeller | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: US Supreme Court, Elana Kagan, Geography, Advise-and-Consent, Federal Judicial Circuits, Diversity, Politics News
Susie Hoeller

As part of the "advise and consent" power, the Senate could require that nominees be selected on a rotating basis from each of the twelve federal judicial circuits.

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