Sentence examples for tough confirmation from inspiring English sources

And the governor would face a tough confirmation fight should he be nominated for a post such as attorney general.

He is keen to appoint another liberal but also wants to avoid the tough confirmation battle with Republicans that this might cause.

Mr Goss, who is currently chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, is likely to face a tough confirmation hearing from Democrats in the Senate.See articlePete Coors won the Republican primary election for an open Senate seat in Colorado.

The old argument that health reform will lead to rationing of care has resurfaced in the debate over Dr. Donald M. Berwick's nomination to run Medicare and Medicaid ("Tough Confirmation Battle Looming for Medicare Nominee," news article, June 22).

"Tim can't/isn't directly engaging with 3rd parties — tough confirmation hearings et al coming," Mr. Price wrote from a conversation he had with Kevin Warsh, a Federal Reserve governor.

Whoever he chooses will face tough confirmation hearings in a Democratic-controlled Congress that has already feasted on Mr Gonzales's flesh and will then have barely a year to rebuild a dysfunctional department.Mr Gonzales's departure marks the end of a strange era in Washington politics: the Texas Raj.

Mr. Negroponte has survived tough confirmations before.

Senator Carper said that winning approval for the judge in the state Senate was "the toughest confirmation fight I've had".

Mr. Corzine's links to both Goldman and the troubled finances of New Jersey, where he was most recently governor, could make for a tough Senate confirmation.

Rice is a long-time confidante of the president, but picking her would lead to a tough Senate confirmation battle over her comments in the wake of the killing of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya.

Republicans quickly criticized Mr. Perez, suggesting that he may undergo tough scrutiny in confirmation hearings.