Sentences with phrase «confirmation by the state senate»

Feinman is poised to be the first openly gay person to serve on the Court of Appeals, pending confirmation by the state Senate.

Cuomo's nominee will be subject to confirmation by the State Senate.

Warren County District Attorney Kate Hogan will join the state Court of Claims as a judge following her confirmation by the state Senate yesterday.

His appointment requires confirmation by the State Senate.

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Jacobson, a career diplomat, was nominated for the post by President Barack Obama in June 2015, but her confirmation was held up for 10 months in the Senate — led by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez — over objections to the Obama administration's reestablishment of diplomatic ties with Cuba, which she helped negotiate as assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs.

Former Exxon Mobil Corp. chief executive Rex Tillerson has been tapped as secretary of state and is awaiting confirmation by the Senate.

The recent confirmation of Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State by the Senate symbolizes that nationalist «hawks» dominate the Republican Party's foreign policy.

CIA Director Mike Pompeo, left, President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of State, arrives for his confirmation hearing April 12 accompanied by Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker.

Pending her confirmation by the New York State Senate, Ms. Crossdale will serve as Acting Director, where she will lead NYSOFAs efforts to improve access to cost - effective non-medical support services for older individuals to maximize their ability to age in their community and avoid higher levels of publicly - financed care.

Only five of the seven slots will be filled, due to a mandatory retirement and delays by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Senate over confirmation hearings.

Howard Zemsky, a prominent Buffalo area businessman, was nominated in March by Governor Cuomo to chair the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority and his state senate confirmation to that position was announced by the governor's office on May 15th.

The Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, is back at full power, and with a decidedly liberal bent, following the confirmation of two of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's nominees by the GOP - controlled Senate.

Pompeo is being considered by the U.S. Senate for confirmation as secretary of state.

While those proceedings pend, the Senate, whose President is accused of corruption by the EFCC, has declined confirmation of the acting Chairman of the EFCC citing a report by the Department of State Services, which accuses the nominee of abuse of power and of human rights.

He points out that five years ago McDonald won confirmation to the State Supreme Court by an overwhelming 33 to 3 vote in the Senate.

Roberts still faces a confirmation vote by the state Senate before he secures his new job.

Section 8 of the act states: «There shall be for the commission an Executive Secretary who shall be: «a legal practitioner with not less than 20 years post qualification experience and requisite experience in human right issues; a person of proven integrity and be the Chief Executive and Accounting Officer of the commission; appointed by the president subject to confirmation by the Senate.»

The Education Practices Commission consists of 25 members, including 8 teachers; 5 administrators, at least one of whom shall represent a private school; 7 lay citizens, 5 of whom shall be parents of public school students and who are unrelated to public school employees and 2 of whom shall be former district school board members; and 5 sworn law enforcement officials, appointed by the State Board of Education from nominations by the Commissioner of Education and subject to Senate confirmation.

Steve Bradbury was sworn in on November 28, 2017, as the 23rd General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) after his confirmation by the United States Senate.

Airport: Orlando International Airport is managed by the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, which is governed by a seven - member board; the mayor of the City of Orlando, the Mayor of Orange County, and five other members who are appointed by the Governor of the State of Florida, subject to confirmation of the senate.

The blue - slip rule — a traditional endorsement by home - state Senators for judicial nominees — has guided Senate confirmations for nearly a century.

The nation also deserves a dignified process of confirmation in the United States Senate, characterized by fair treatment, a fair hearing and a fair vote.

Back during his 2005 Senate judiciary committee confirmation hearings to become the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts tried to allay Democratic senators» fears that he was a conservative ideologue by famously comparing the role of judges with baseball umpires and declaring, «It's my job to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat.»

In the United States, awaiting confirmation by the Senate, is US Treasury Secretary designate Timothy Geithner who, it would appear, forgot to pay some $ 34,000 in taxes between 2001 and 2004.