Sentences with phrase «unofficial veto»

By tradition the senior member of Congress who is of the same party as the President gets to nominate the U.S. Attorneys in their state and is consulted on the proposed nominations of Federal judges and generally has an unofficial veto for the nomination of Federal judges in their state.

It has more than a third of the population, giving it an unofficial veto.

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In his long - awaited unofficial biography of the PM, the Tory peer claims the PM told him his appointment to a not «insignificant» job in 2010 had been vetoed by the former Lib Dem leader.