Sentence examples for secured confirmation. from inspiring English sources

A clear winner was Mr. Obama, who gained a functioning consumer agency created on his watch, resurrected a defunct labor board and secured confirmation of a new E.P.A. chief and a disputed labor secretary.

13 Having thus secured confirmation of the imperial power by decrees of the senate also, he proceeded up to the palace.

Facebook did not secure confirmation that the models had also been deleted until April 2017.

"There was a lot more effort than there might otherwise have been to secure confirmation," said Senator Amick, who said that his greatest worry was the appearance of politicizing the court by appointing someone with a highly partisan background.

The Obama administration struggled on Friday to secure confirmation of Ben S. Bernanke to a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve, underscoring the political upheaval as both parties tried to find their footing amid a powerful wave of populism.

-- Gina Haspel has locked down enough votes to secure confirmation as CIA director after she agreed to write a letter saying the agency never should have detained terrorist suspects and employed brutal interrogation techniques against them.

He uses 42b as a tag question to secure confirmation from the landlord for his supposition.

He went to France to secure confirmation from the Pope at Avignon, who authorised his consecration.

Under present rules, Gorsuch would need 60 votes in order to secure confirmation.

So, in that case, whatever strategy works to secure confirmation will be what matters," said Sarah Binder, a political science professor at George Washington University who focuses on federal judicial matters.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, in the "D" version, states that William visited England in the later part of 1051, perhaps to secure confirmation of the succession, or perhaps William was attempting to secure aid for his troubles in Normandy.