Sentence examples for close to confirmation from inspiring English sources

Two particularly controversial nominees were close to confirmation until Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C). came out against both during post-cloture debate.

However, Coleman revealed there is interest in a Millennium Stadium fixture with Portugal, which would pitch Gareth Bale against his Real Madrid team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo, while playing Poland in Warsaw is close to confirmation.

Our expectations regarding the extent to which personal dignity correlated with other constructs were virtually all supported by the data, and the one expectation that was not (formulated in the first hypothesis) came very close to confirmation.

Obama's NLRB nominees move closer to confirmation.

WASHINGTON — Two of the White House's nominees to fill vacancies on the Federal Reserve board moved closer to confirmation on Tuesday after a routine Senate hearing.

The compromise moves three unqualified appeals court nominees one step closer to confirmation and lifetime tenure, while Democrats agreed to use the filibuster against judicial nominees only under "extraordinary" circumstances.

WASHINGTON — Timothy F. Geithner, who moved closer to confirmation as Treasury secretary on Thursday, told senators that President Obama believed China was "manipulating" its currency, suggesting a more confrontational stance toward that country than under the Bush administration.

The former Eli Lilly executive is inching closer to confirmation as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services — a position vacant since Tom Price's resignation four months ago — with a hearing at the Senate Finance Committee starting at 10 a.m.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 - Julie L. Myers, the lawyer nominated to take over the immigration enforcement agency, moved a step closer to confirmation on Friday when a crucial Senate committee rejected questions about her résumé and endorsed her nomination by a 7-to-2 party-line vote.

But, the closest to confirmation we've seen so far is this resume from stunt driver Declan Mulvey.

Still, we've seen pictures, learned about rumored specs, and today it would appear that we're one step closer to confirmation.