The U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of former Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle to serve as a Republican commissioner on the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission. (nystateofpolitics.com)
The state Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Mark Gearan to be the new chairman of the state Gaming Commission — a regulatory body that will consider the licenses of casino developers in parts of the upstate region this year. (nystateofpolitics.com)
When President Bush nominated Judge Clarence Thomas to a vacancy on the United States Supreme Court, liberals opposed to confirming the nomination at first directed critical scrutiny to statements the nominee had made in favor of employing «natural law» in constitutional interpretation. (firstthings.com)