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Why Is Obama Still Waiting to Fill His Staff?

WASHINGTON (Dec. 14) -- When it comes to its constitutional duty to confirm presidential nominations, the U.S. Senate often spends more time on advice and far less on consent. But here is one thing all can agree on: The system for confirming presidential appointees is broken and puts the country in peril. How else to...

Opinion: At Hearing, Kagan Must Follow Own Advice

(May 21) -- A prominent law professor once condemned the Senate confirmation process for Supreme Court nominees as a "vapid and hollow charade," and railed that the "repetition of platitudes has replaced discussion of viewpoints and personal anecdotes have supplanted legal analysis." This was no less true in 1995, when...

Senators Slam Bernanke Over Joblessness, but Fed Chief's Job Seems Safe

(Dec. 3) - The renomination hearing of Ben Bernanke had all the acrimony of a shipboard quarrel in perilous waters: Senators criticized the Federal Reserve chairman for failing to elude the financial storm but seemed disinclined to change captains while the economy and especially the jobs market are still far from safe...

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05/16/12 Senate Confirms Inuwa as Minister Source: AllAfrica.com The Senate yesterday confirmed the ministerial nomination of Mr. Inuwa Abdul-Kadir, thereby filling the ministerial slot for Sokoto State.
10/13/11 Senate Confirms Two SDNY Nominees Source: The National Law Journal (ALM) Two lawyers who have served in the Obama administration will be joining the federal district court in the Southern District of New York after they won Senate confirmation â one of them by a narrow margin.
10/06/11 Senate confirms new freshman senators Source: The GW Hatchet - Washington DC The Student Association Senate welcomed three new freshman senators at its meeting Monday night.