Sentence examples for stall the appointment from inspiring English sources

The prime minister's spokesman indicated that the government was trying to stall the appointment of Luxembourg's former prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker to the top job in Brussels.

Democrats said they would start using parliamentary tools to stall the appointment of conferees, as they did this week with a bill on charitable giving, and have proposed other ways to resolve disagreements between the two houses.

They won a state Supreme Court decision upholding their position and stalling the appointments of two Democrats, Thomas DeJesu and Christopher Wright.

In her letter to Mallett, Ryan added: "Given how the project stalled until the appointment of a leader last time, there must be serious doubt over the direction of the project without a leader now as it's about to launch".

Congressional probes related to alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election are likely to be complicated or stalled by the appointment of former FBI director Robert S. Mueller III as a special counsel investigating the same topic, despite pledges by some lawmakers Thursday to forge ahead.

However, there has been no reduction in the subscription fee, while recommendations to increase the "professionalism" of the federation's head office appear to have stalled, with the appointment of a director of equality and diversity still some way off.

The panel goes after the lame duck Senate and their obstructionist ways in stalling out over the appointment of a ninth Supreme Court justice.

The row over the appointment of Professor Les Ebdon as director general of the university access watchdog has intensified after Conservative MPs on the business select committee sought to stall his appointment.

Mr. Christie has begun complaining about the stalled appointments in the town-hall-style appearances.

It just stalls everything, stalls the process".

The appointment stalled a deepening political crisis in the nation of 10 million — at least for now.