She said they decided to call a vote before the 45-day confirmation period expired.
They were among 14 left in the Group One contest, over a mile and a quarter, at the five-day confirmation stage.
After meeting with officials on Monday, confirmation of the 45-year-old's appointment had been expected yesterday, but negotiations proved protracted and their conclusion was not helped by the weather.
Yet even as vital signs weaken — plunging home sales, a bleak job market and, on Friday, confirmation that the quarterly rate of economic growth had slowed, to 1.6 percent — a sense has taken hold that government policy makers cannot deliver meaningful intervention.
Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch began the second day of his multi-day confirmation hearing Tuesday, diving into what is expected to be at least ten hours of intense grilling from the Senate.
Collins told reporters Monday she is "going to wait until the issues that have arisen are fully explored" at Puzder's Thursday confirmation hearing.
In a heated exchange during Pruitt's Wednesday confirmation hearing, Sanders grilled Pruitt, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Environment Protection Agency, on his climate change record. .
WASHINGTON -- Jack Lew, President Barack Obama's nominee for Treasury Secretary, maneuvered around questions during a Wednesday confirmation hearing about his work at bailed-out bank Citigroup during the financial crisis, including his controversial investment in a Cayman Islands fund.
As Egypt's Parliament holds its first session Monday following confirmation Saturday that Islamists had won nearly 70 percent of the seats, opinion writers are assessing what it could mean for the country and the region.
And what about all the dreaded, tedious on-the-day "confirmation" calls'?
