Sentence examples for nomination to stop from inspiring English sources

She needs to use Tuesday night to persuade superdelegates — the hundreds of party leaders who have a vote on the nomination — to stop abandoning her.

Senator John Cornyn of Texas, the No. 2 Senate Republican, said of the Millett nomination, "We intend to stop it".

A4 NATIONAL A12-17 ConservAreves Are Urged To Calm High Court Debate The White House and Senate Republican leadership pushed back against pressure from some of their conservative allies over the upcoming Supreme Court nomination, urging them to stop attacking Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales as a potential nominee and to tone down their talk of a culture war.

Udall said he would not support Krass' nomination until the previously undisclosed document was provided, raising the possibility that he might use a "hold" to stop the nomination.

As one top Republican aide said, "We expect Lieberman may slap a hold on the nomination and say, 'This is my trophy to the environmental group,' " referring to the process by which any senator can try to stop a nomination.

When Mr. Bush refused to withdraw the Bradbury nomination, the Senate's Democratic leaders decided to stop processing other controversial nominations.

When the President's party controls the Senate (as is now the case), it's extremely difficult to stop any nomination.

On May 1st, the Democrats launched a filibuster to stop the nomination of Priscilla Owen, the Texas judge who had been rejected by Leahy's committee in 2002 but was recently approved by Hatch's.

As Donna Brazile, the veteran organizer who ran Gore's campaign, says, in critical black districts, "Bill Clinton is beloved, and to the extent that these voters have a chance to cast their votes early in the process, it will be very difficult to stop her nomination".

David Cameron has insisted his failure to stop the nomination of Jean-Claude Juncker for the EU's top job is not his "last stand" in Europe.

If every Senate Democrat votes no, at least two Republicans would also need to vote no in order to stop the nomination.