Senate Confirmation

Time For Him To Go: Temporary Customs And Border Commissioner Resigns

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 12.22.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Time's up for the head of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, who announced Thursday he is stepping down at the end of the year when...

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Memo to American Consumers: You Just Got Screwed... Again

Adam Levin | Posted 02.07.2012

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Just like we experienced with Elizabeth Warren, whose potential nomination as CFPB director was derailed by the same band of robber barons, Mr. Cordray is the newest roadkill on the conservative superhighway, and the American people have been hosed yet again.

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Cantor Takes Unexpected Stance On Obama Nominee

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 01.29.2012

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's Medicare nominee Tuesday got unexpected support from one of Congress' Republican stars. House Majority Lea...

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Senate Confirms David Petraeus As CIA Director

AP | By KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 08.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to confirm Gen. David Petraeus to be the nation's CIA director. The vote was 94-0....

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Senate Passes Measure To Speed Confirmation Process

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 08.29.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Senate is taking the rare step of curbing its own power. A measure approved 79-20 Wednesday and sent to the House would cross ...

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The Real Nuclear Option

Doug Kendall | Posted 05.25.2011

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Holding rank-and-file judicial nominees hostage to advance a larger political agenda is the current political "nuclear option" and, if this continues, it is the judiciary and Americans seeking justice who will bear the fallout.

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Senators Move To End Secret Holds

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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The opponents of a rule that allows lawmakers to anonymously delay Senate confirmation proceedings have garnered enough support to overturn the rule. ...

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Goodwin Liu Confirmation Hearing: Liberal Court Pick Ready For Senate GOP Grilling

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans fiercely criticized President Barack Obama's choice for a seat on a San Francisco-based federal appellate court ...

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Obama Recess Appointments: Confronting Senate Confirmation Obstruction in Summer 2010

Victor Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Our nation's challenges grow more daunting daily. Meanwhile, over two hundred top federal posts remain vacant. Obama should audaciously use his recess appointment authority at every opportunity.

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What We Don't Need to Know About Elena Kagan

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Let Kagan be Kagan, whatever she may be or not. Let's respect her privacy. We have plenty of other matters to attend to as we focus on the real challenges facing our country.

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The Supreme Court and 2010

Karen Finney | Posted 05.25.2011

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While most on Capitol Hill are admitting that Solicitor General Elena Kagen will likely be confirmed, both sides are still gearing up for a new round in the culture wars.

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Courting Kagan

Bob Franken | Posted 05.25.2011

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This summer it's Elena Kagan up for the attempted dissection.

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Stakes Are Too High for Posts to Stay Vacant

Max Stier | Posted 05.25.2011

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One year into Obama's term, about 200 of the roughly 500 top Senate-confirmed administration positions are still unfilled. We've seen this play before.

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Industry Lobbyist Is the Wrong Choice to Head Truck Safety Agency

Dan Becker and James Gerstenzang | Posted 05.25.2011

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The FMCSA head should not come from the very industry the agency is required to regulate, especially given the trucking industry's obstructionist positions on commonsense health and safety issues.

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Is Jim DeMint Right in More Ways Than One?

Bob Franken | Posted 05.25.2011

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Perhaps DeMint is correct when he says that Senators need to think a little bit longer before they decide whether to confirm Errol Southers as the best person to head the TSA.

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Dawn Johnsen Nomination Sent Back To White House For 'Reconsideration'

The Washington Post | Ed O'Keefe | Posted 05.25.2011

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If passing health-care reform was the Senate's Christmas present to President Obama, then the confirmation of more than 30 of his nominees might as we...

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Persons With Empathy Need Not Apply

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Empathy is to be embraced, not condemned. Experience informs, but does not dictate, the outcome.

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Can White Men Shed Their Prejudices Better Than Others?

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 05.25.2011

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The implication of Sessions' inquisition was that, as a white male with no distinguishing "heritage" to speak of, he and his ilk can make judgments totally free of feelings, belief, or experience.

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Dawn Johnsen: Reid Says Another Obama Nominee May Be Blocked By GOP

Political Animal | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) moves to ease a backlog of executive branch nominations, he suggested on Tuesday that he does not have t...

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Craig Fugate, FEMA Nominee, Blocked By David Vitter

McClatchy | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Louisiana senator is stalling Florida emergency management director Craig Fugate's nomination as head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency ....

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McCain Opposes Interior Nominee Because He Compared Reagan To Bush

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain today denounced as "highly offensive" remarks about Ronald Reagan made by President Barack Obama's nominee for the...

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GOP Won't Derail Solis Nomination Over Husband's Taxes

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republicans aren't going to derail Labor Secretary-nominee Hilda Solis' nomination over her husband's tax problems, but they still have serious reserv...

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Enough!! Confirm Solis Now!

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 05.25.2011

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There are real consequences to the national debate and a real impact would be felt should Solis not be confirmed. If the nomination fails, the administration may end up with more GOP'ers in its ranks than Latinos.

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Citizen Confidence -- are Americans Having "Honeymoon Blues?"

Kari Henley | Posted 05.25.2011

It took a lot after Bush to get our hopes up and get hitched in the first place. I am not sure this newlywed bliss is ready for the partisan beating, delays and the frustrations.

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Senate Confirms Holder: 75 to 21

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Eric Holder won Senate confirmation Monday as the nation's first African-American attorney general, after supporters from both part...

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