Sentence examples for failed nominations from inspiring English sources

This was part of a pattern of conflict between Republicans in the Senate and the Obama administration that had led to record numbers of blocked and failed nominations.

Hamilton was well aware that vesting the power of nomination and appointment in the president, and power to advise and consent in the Senate, would result in some vigorous debate and might result in failed nominations.

The rash of failed nominations were a distraction and proof that Obama, after all, does not walk on water.

Mr. Paladino undoubtedly enjoys the role of rabble-rouser, something on display at his swearing-in, during which he made a couple of failed nominations for board president and vice president, and jousted with reporters afterward.

In mid-1993, a veteran of that same White House, David Gergen, got the call from Bill Clinton, who was beset by failed nominations, a flap over the firings of travel-office personnel, prolonged embarrassment over an expensive haircut, and carping by centrist Democrats that the White House was listing leftward.

Carries as baggage: His failed nomination in 1997 to become C.I.A. director.

The failed nomination of Harriet Miers to succeed Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court could be cited as evidence that Mr. Bush really did make the decisions, since Mr. Cheney opposed her.

PAGE A9 Little Fallout for Giuliani The failed nomination of Rudolph W. Giuliani's business partner, Bernard B. Kerik, caused New Yorkers to wonder about the former mayor's political future, but his post-9/11 reputation still glows elsewhere in the country.

Mr. Giuliani, who in 2004 supported Mr. Kerik's failed nomination to become secretary of the federal Department of Homeland Security, told The A.P. that "it was a mistake not checking him out as thoroughly as I should have".

Vivek Murthy's almost certainly failed nomination is yet another indication that more than a year after Newtown, America's sick relationship with guns is no closer to change.

Donald Trump's failed nomination of the White House physician, Ronny Jackson, to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs might be the most revealing incident in the brief history of an Administration that has produced a seemingly endless stream of incidents and revelations.