Sentence examples for through a nominee from inspiring English sources

PAGE A6 Army Secretary Nominee With the Army facing difficult issues, the White House will try to push through a nominee for the vacant post of secretary.

SimplyStockbroking would charge investors £8 to sell shares through a nominee account, or 1.25% of the value of the stock (minimum £12, maximum £40) for those in certificate form.

Nevertheless, there is a greater urgency in the party than ever to do everything possible to make it more difficult for Trump and his party to muscle through a nominee they don't like.

It also outlines allegations concerning the purchase of a farm in Kazakhstan by a director of the ENRC subsidiary SSGPO, claiming that the acquisition and running costs of the farm were "paid from SSGPO funds" and that the farm was owned through a "nominee shareholding on behalf of SSGPO president and major shareholder, Alijan Ibragimov".

The ranking minority member of the committee and staff typically take on an adversarial role, combing through a nominee's background and record in search of weak spots and flaws.

Pushing through a nominee so quickly could have tainted the new attorney general's start in the office.

"My responsibility is simply to get a nominee through, and I will get him or her through," he said.

The Republican senators argue that there are three major changes they need to see before they'd let a nominee through.

That would bring us to the lame-duck session of the Senate late this fall, when Republicans could try to ram a nominee through in the final weeks they hold the majority.

Even if Democrats only win a few of those seats, giving Republicans a smaller majority, the GOP would have difficulty confirming a new conservative Supreme Court justice, because they will need 60 votes to get a nominee through the Senate.

But if Obama somehow gets a nominee through, or if a Democrat wins the 2016 election and gets to appoint a justice, Scalia's replacement will almost certainly be a liberal.