Sentence examples for consideration of the nomination from inspiring English sources

There was no discussion of him, but attempts to nominate him by acclamation were drowned nays" and, finally, delegates voted to table consideration of the nomination.

No date has been set for full Senate consideration of the nomination, but an aide to Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, said that the leader hoped to bring the nomination to the floor shortly after the Passover/Easter break.

"In a congressional notice Thursday, Wyden said he was objecting to Senate floor consideration of the nomination until the department makes public a presentation it gave to federal employees on Stingrays in February," Lyngaas writes.

Republicans have been using the filibuster to prevent final consideration of the nomination by refusing to end debate on it, a procedural step that requires 60 senators to vote in the affirmative.

He would have been eligible for induction as early as 2012, but Yao felt it was too soon and requested that the Hall of Fame delay consideration of the nomination.

Unsure whether he had enough senators to delay consideration of the nomination using typical delaying tactics, Paul turned to a more traditional tool: a talk-until-you-drop speech in accordance with Senate rules that allow speakers to continue uninterrupted for as long as they wish.

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, who had opposed Mr. Mukasey's nomination because of his uncertain definition of torture, offered no timetable Thursday for the consideration of the nominations.

"Today Heather Nauert withdrew herself from consideration for the nomination of U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

Senator Sam Nunn, Democrat of Georgia and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said today that he would help block consideration of the Bork nomination until Republican Senators agree to act on the Defense Authorization bill, an aide to the Senator said tonight.

"After careful consideration of this nomination for a lifetime appointment to the bench, I cannot support the confirmation of Judge Michael Boggs to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia," Baldwin said in a statement.

Graduates from all fields of practice will receive full consideration in the nomination process.