Sentence examples for delayed confirmation from inspiring English sources

The Holy See did not confirm his election as Provincial of the Dominicans (1557) and delayed confirmation of his reelection (1559).

With final results expected, Kenya's election authority, the IEBC, delayed confirmation of the first round win while disputed results from 11 constituencies were audited by rival political parties.

BRUSSELS — After fierce criticism in the European Parliament, Bulgaria's nominee for the European Commission abandoned her candidacy Tuesday, a move that delayed confirmation of all 27 new commission representatives and threatened further parliamentary infighting.

Senate Republicans had delayed confirmation hearings for President Obama's attorney general nominee until they took control of Congress — giving them a chance to use the nomination to protest Obama's immigration policy and other actions by Obama and the outgoing attorney general, Eric Holder.

In one telling example, he delayed confirmation of a nominee for a federal judgeship, apparently because the nominee's longtime companion had worked for Mr. Christie as he opened the 2006 corruption investigation".He's very adept at fighting," said one New Jersey political ally who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of offending the senator.

President Obama has nominated three lawyers to the board, but Mr. McCain, Republican of Arizona, has delayed confirmation of the three-person package for months by placing a hold on one nominee, Craig Becker, an associate general counsel for the A.F.L.-C.I.O. and the Service Employees International Union.

"Judges Needed for Federal Courts" ("The Second Term" series, editorial, Dec. 13) correctly observes that the federal judicial selection process is broken and that Republicans have primary responsibility for delayed confirmations, especially of well-qualified consensus appellate and district court nominees.

Which complicates the eminently sensible idea of delaying confirmation pending a full hearing.

In the 20th century, however, many Reform congregations restored Bar Mitzvah, delaying confirmation until the age of 15 or 16.

In contrast, when the Democrats controlled the Senate in 2009, they agreed to delay confirmation hearings for Mr. Obama's nominee for attorney general, Eric Holder Jr.

After briefly discussing the possibility of delaying confirmation procedures, Republicans and Democrats on the panel have agreed to hold hearings on Tuesday as originally scheduled.