Sentences with phrase «alito nomination hearings»

His nomination hearing in parliament is on Monday.

Protests outside of the Dirksen Senate Office Building ahead of Rex Tillerson's nomination hearing https://t.co/EYC4KjYNxf

Elizabeth Warren and Hillary Clinton talk during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee nomination hearing in 2013.

After his nomination hearing, he wrote responses to specific questions from senators.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said during his nomination hearing before the Senate Banking Committee in November 2017 that he would continue to have «meaningful» stress tests for banks in that range.

This hectoring from the UN will come on the heels of Senator Barbara Boxer's insistence during UN Ambassador Susan Rice's nomination hearings that the United States must ratify CEDAW ¯ since the senator is «so embarrassed that we have not done that.»

Republicans in the U.S. Senate have said the nomination should be left up to the next president and do not plan to hold nomination hearings.

Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R - Neb., during his Senate nomination hearing earlier today.

Because so much of her nomination hearing focused on questions of her family's political contributions or particular facets of K - 12 policy, we still don't know where she stands on key higher education issues, like Pell Grants, student loans, or for - profit colleges.

Bender, who attended DeVos» nomination hearing, said he doesn't believe there's an appetite in a Republican - controlled Congress to create a new federal voucher program.

DeVos» nomination hearing is scheduled for next week — Wednesday, Jan. 11.

«Secretary DeVos's nomination hearing made it clear she does not have the experience or expertise to run the Department of Education in a way that would help students,» Murray said.

This was confirmed by U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who, during his nomination hearing, said the current phase - out of the PTC will not change.

«Without question the best - quality daytime drama scheduled for this coming week will be the nomination hearings for Judge Samuel Alito to SCOTUS — they promise an extremely high entertainment - value quotient, and I for one intend to TiVo them in their entirety.

Roberts kept recusing himself from issues that he said could come before the Court, Schumer kept accusing the nominee of refusing to answer questions on day three of his nomination hearings.

Norm Pattis has One Question for Alito in the Supreme Court nomination hearings that begin Monday, Jan. 9, with the Senate Judiciary Committee.

And today's broadcast of «Morning Edition» contained an audio segment entitled «Mukasey Nomination Hearings Go Smoothly» (featuring Nina Totenberg).

Justice Rothstein has stated that he believes nomination hearings are here to stay: Story in today's Globe and Mail

Not exact matches

White House physician Ronny Jackson withdrew his nomination to be Veterans Affairs secretary Thursday after a Senate panel delayed a confirmation hearing to review allegations of improper behavior and management lapses.

Netflix, on the other hand, landed a dozen nominations, but was only victorious in one: when Aziz Ansari heard his name called for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy TV Series, for his Netflix original comedy series Master of None.

The president spoke hours after Senator Johnny Isakson, chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee, said he and the panel's ranking Democrat, Jon Tester, decided to delay a hearing on Jackson's nomination that had been scheduled for Wednesday and sent a letter to Trump seeking more information.

The hearing wrapped up about a half hour ago (you can watch it on C - SPAN), but Senators skeptical of his nomination questioned Gottlieb's close financial ties to the health care and biopharma industries, which have paid him millions in speaking and consulting fees over the years.

WASHINGTON - Senate Banking Committee holds hearing on nomination of Jerome Powell to be chairman of the Federal Reserve - 1500 GMT.

The ongoing effort turned particularly hot this week as Democratic senators moved to block two of his circuit court nominations while two of his other nominees to top courts were grilled during a Capitol Hill hearing.

«In November 2016, Grassley said he would retain the policy used in the eight Obama years when the Senate Judiciary Committee would not set a hearing unless both home state senators returned blue slips,» Carl Tobias, a University of Richmond professor who is an expert on judicial nominations, told Business Insider in an email.

That hearing was followed up by Trump announcing his seventh wave of judicial nominees, an additional 15 names that are about to be submitted to the Senate, bringing the total number of district and circuit court judges he's nominated to roughly 50 — blowing far past the number of judicial nominations made at this stage of a presidency by any recent predecessors.

The Senate Banking Committee held a hearing on the nominations of Mary Jo White to become chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on pending nominations.

Congress just held a hearing on the nomination of former Congressman Scott Garrett to lead the U.S. Export - Import (Ex-Im) Bank — the federal agency that helps level the playing field for American workers against aggressive foreign competition.

Lindsey Johnson, President and Executive Director of the U.S. Mortgage Insurers (USMI), today issued the following statement on the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs» hearing on the nomination of Brian Montgomery for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Commissioner.

His nominee to veterans affairs, Ronny Jackson, withdrew his controversial nomination before he even got to his confirmation hearing...

I never heard who she supported for the GOP nomination but I doubt it was initially Romney.

He followed the testy confirmation hearings for Trump's nomination of Betsy DeVos as secretary of the Department of Education, whose strong support of school choice made her a target of teachers» unions.

With two Grammy nominations, millions of YouTube views and something of a «cult» status among Christian music fans, Gungor may be the greatest worship act you've never heard of — and they're a little unusual.

He nominated John Wesley's name and said: «we thought that it was appropriate to at the very least put John's name forward and we were obviously delighted when we heard last night that the judges agreed with the nomination and have said that his name has been chosen be attached to one of the trains which will be rolling out in the next few years».

You hear that San Francisco got half of the award nominations for best new restaurants in the country?

After a dramatic morning, it was only as Westminster heard Big Ben strike noon that Corbyn won the nomination of his 35th Labour MP.

In a statement personally signed by the presiding judge, Justice A. M. Liman, the court granted a restraining order on any member of the National Working Committee of the PDP who was removed from office by the Party's National Convention in Port Harcourt from receiving nominations and or submitting names to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as officers or candidates of the PDP in whatever capacity pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice brought by the Party.

Tonight on the Senate floor, during a debate on the nomination of Jeff Sessions for Attorney General, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D - MA) attempted to read a letter from Coretta Scott King that had been persuasive in his previous hearing as part of an unsuccessful nomination to a federal judgeship.

Of the 29 failed Supreme Court appointees, there seem to have only been two that didn't have Senate hearings, one being Merrick Garland (Barack Obama's nominee), whose nomination expired on January...

What will we be hearing next - that Andrew is in line for a Supreme Court nomination??

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.) called it «time for the Senate to do its job, hold hearings, assess his qualifications and vote on his nomination in a timely manner.»

An Abuja Federal High Court will today hear the suit filed by a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji L'aziz Jimoh, challenging the nomination...

Above all I also wish to thank and assure Ghanaians that I will do my best to vindicate the trust that the whole nation put in me at my nomination and nomination approval hearing.

Meanwhile, an Accra High Court which heard the PPP's case ordered the EC to allow the party to correct errors in their nomination forms.

Then - President Barack Obama nominated Court of Appeals Judge Merrick Garland to fill Scalia's seat last year, but McConnell refused to hold hearings on the appointment, and the nomination expired earlier this year.

Following the ruling of the Supreme Court, which effectively extended the nomination period to November 8, 2016, and following the hearing provided you today, we should be grateful if you would do the following.

W.F.P. spokesman Khan Shoeib said the floor would be opened to nominations on Saturday evening, after delegates heard from a series of speakers, including Dorian Warren.

Westchester County DA Janet DiFiore, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's pick for chief judge of the Court of Appeals, will have her nomination put to a hearing today at the state Capitol, where the Republican - led Senate Judiciary Committee will have the opportunity to question her and examine her credentials before making a recommendation to the full Senate.

Rep. Peter King is calling for hearings in the U.S. Senate to consider the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court.