Sentence examples for nomination to vote from inspiring English sources

Republicans are almost certain to anoint Pat McCrory, the 2008 gubernatorial nominee and a former mayor of Charlotte, as their nominee, but their voters have a number of competitive down-ballot races as well as the presidential nomination to vote upon.

With the outcome uncertain on the assault weapons ban and other gun issues, Senator John Edwards of North Carolina and Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts planned to take a break from the campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination to vote to extend the ban.

That would leave Mr. Schumer, ordinarily an enthusiastic partisan combatant, with a difficult decision: whether to break with his fellow Democrats and save Mr. Mukasey's nomination or to vote to kill the nomination of a man he has highly praised.

However, if the weeklong investigation proves inconclusive and fails to reveal more substantive information about incidents that Kavanaugh was allegedly involved in decades ago while he was a student in high school and college, it could give some uncommitted senators who were already facing a tough decision on the nomination an excuse to vote for President Donald Trump's high court pick this week.

The panel's approval clears the way for the nomination to be voted on by the full Senate.

Republicans on the Senate committee universally opposed Mr. Diamond, an M.I.T. professor and Nobel Prize winner, raising doubts about whether Democrats could gather the 60 votes necessary to bring the nomination to a vote on the floor of the Senate.

Democrats fell short of the required 60-vote threshold to end debate and bring Halligan's nomination to a vote, with only Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) breaking from her party in support of invoking cloture.

-Philip Bump assesses Bernie Sanders' odds at winning the nomination if superdelegates were forced to vote for the winner of their state.

The Senate, in a 51-to-41 51-to-41 51-to-41hort of the 60-vote threshold needed to cut ofellebate and bring Ms. Halligan's nomination to a vote.

But attempts to bring his nomination to a vote by the full Senate failed Thursday as supporters were unable to muster the 60 votes needed to stop a threatened Republican filibuster.

Attempts to bring Watt's nomination to a vote by the full Senate failed Thursday as supporters were unable to muster the 60 votes needed to stop a threatened Republican filibuster.