Sentence examples for getting nominees from inspiring English sources

Getting nominees confirmed has proved a challenge for the administration.

JEFFREY TOOBIN: He's way behind Bush, who was very efficient in getting nominees to the Senate.

And in six seconds, you will have solved the problem, allowing the government to focus on the seemingly intractable problem of getting nominees of the Obama administration to pay their income taxes.

The volatile issue of what kind of confirmation procedures will be established for judicial nominees and other presidential appointees was raised publicly today by a senior Republican leadership aide as Republicans pondered how to preserve the president's influence in getting nominees through committees controlled by Democrats.

To get nominees who respect the highest constitutional principles, Republicans must be prepared to practice the lowest type of politics.

Given how favorable the Senate map is for Republicans in 2018, he will almost certainly have a window to get nominees confirmed throughout his first term.

Even after Democrats changed the filibuster rule and rigged the game in the Senate to get nominees through on a majority vote, the White House got whacked over its nominee to lead the Justice Department's civil rights division.

To get nominees on the proxy-card ballot, shareholders would have to own their shares for at least a year and would need substantial ownership stakes of at least 1 percent for large firms and 5 percent for small firms.

"In the scheme of things, the long-term trend here, at least since the mid-eighties, is declining confirmation rates and rising length of time it takes to get nominees on the bench," Sarah Binder, a congressional scholar at the Brookings Institution, told me.

"Straight Outta Compton" got nominee nods – but not for F. Gary Gray, the black director.

Even some Republicans are urging their leadership to let nominees get votes.