appointee

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• The long list includes presidential appointees, ambassadors and judicial nominations, many of them for senior positions just shy of Cabinet-level roles.

• Other nominees have caused consternation among those who favor strong financial regulation, including various appointees from the powerful money manager BlackRock.

• That same day, House Republicans began moving to impeach Johnson for violating the Tenure of Office Act, which barred the dismissal of federal appointees without Congress’s approval.

• It’s unclear if the new appointee will take over the chair position from Rosenworcel after the approval process.

• At the moment, after the dismantling of Senate filibuster rules that cover nominations, Democrats can confirm any judge or political appointee without a single Republican vote.

• Judge Bert Richardson, a Republican appointee of President George W. Bush, tapped McCrum to investigate a case against Perry.

• A Democratic city that elected Democratic leaders is now controlled by the appointee of a Republican governor.

• The process started in September 2013, when the editor of the online Gazeta.Ru was replaced by a pro-government appointee.

• And Bernanke, who came into public life as a Bush appointee, has become a hate object among many on the right.

• They wanted him to say that his interim appointee could serve until what would have been Lautenberg's next election, 2014.

• The captain relieved him and Camden, and both of them went below, the new taking the stateroom of the second lieutenant.