The more members the union acquires, the harder it will be to achieve unanimity.
But sources close to the process claimed there had been "frantic arm-twisting" in a bid to achieve unanimity.
The surprise, members of both parties say, is that the committee achieved unanimity in the first place.
Analysts from disparate spy agencies are no longer pushed to achieve unanimity in their conclusions, a process criticized in the past for leading to "groupthink".
Did we all have to achieve unanimity on a single charge before we could even consider the claim of self-defense?
Many pivotal issues now require unanimous votes, but the more members the union acquires, the harder it will be to achieve unanimity.
The former governor was able to draw on his arsenal of political skills, largely reframing the argument so that other justices would agree on it, until he achieved unanimity for the decision.
The group did not achieve unanimity, but it did produce a report that commanded support from across the ideological spectrum, laid down some radical yet sensible basic principles, and was warmly applauded by senior congressional Republicans.
In the past, the five members — a chairman, who could come from any of the services, and the top commanders of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines — had tried to achieve unanimity in making recommendations to the president.
The recommendations were drafted by a consulting firm, not by the task force the governor appointed last year, which has been unable to achieve unanimity on any of the issues.
