Sentence examples for block nominations from inspiring English sources
Mr. McConnell directed most of his anger at Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, accusing him of trying to jam the nomination through and force a rule change that would limit the minority party's ability to block nominations.
The new arrangement can work, however, only if the senators themselves exercise restraint and do not use their positions to block nominations arbitrarily and even secretly, or to keep bills that have broad support bottled up in committee.
Some heavyweights of the Senate engaged in a pointed debate today over the future of the filibuster as the chamber headed toward a partisan showdown over the use of it to block nominations.
Dozens of amendments have come up for a vote, most of them relevant and substantive, some not so much — Jim DeMint of South Carolina's border-security amendment, filed expressly to sink another amendment, by Oregon's Ron Wyden, that would have ended the noxious senatorial privilege of placing secret holds to block nominations.
to signal that he may try to change Senate rules to weaken the ability of the minority party to block nominations.
Tuesday's vote made Pillard the third top Obama pick Democrats have advanced since they forced a weakening of the Senate minority party's ability to block nominations last month.
A7 Democrats Block Nomination Senate Democrats blocked the approval of President Bush's nominee for a top public diplomacy job, saying the administration had injected partisan politics into repairing the reputation of the United States overseas.
In practice, it's complicated Republicans could block nomination votes with a filibuster, but if Democrats had a Senate majority, they could use the "nuclear option" to overrule that filibuster with 51votess.
He noted that senators often blocked nominations without any public acknowledgment or explanation.
Republicans have already blocked nominations for judgeships, national security posts and justice department positions.
So inevitably, Mr. Cruz will start holding up bills, standing in the way of needed spending, and blocking nominations.
