confirmation process

All that said, I think there is no reason to make major changes in the confirmation process.

"I have to get through the confirmation process first," he said.

Maybe so, but the television hit did nothing to upgrade the confirmation process.

He said it in relation to the Senate confirmation process.

I plan to continue to oversee a fair confirmation process.

But the confirmation process has been bogged down since then.

Bush Administration officials have also complained about delays in the confirmation process.

Experts fear that the confirmation process will be prolonged until next year.

In addition, each nominee has a team of six people who will guide them through the confirmation process.

The hearing that ended today showed how much the confirmation process has changed over the years.

Unfortunately, sometimes politics enters into the confirmation process, I understand that and so does he.

Some say the Senate confirmation process weeds out strong conservatives.

The confirmation process for federal judges is in something of a meltdown.

He is wrong to suggest that the confirmation process has only recently become politicized.

I will be deeply respectful of the Senate's approach to the confirmation process.

I think the answers at the hearings are the least useful part of the confirmation process.

"As part of the confirmation process, the American people will reasonably expect those questions to be asked and the nominees to answer them."

All Americans have a stake in making sure that the confirmation process is never distorted like this again.

The Administration's hope for a smooth confirmation process had already begun to fade today.

This system would take much of the politics out of the confirmation process.

The President also urged a speedup in the confirmation process.

It seems to me that the confirmation process is working exactly as the framers hoped.

Election-year politics will undoubtedly play a part in the confirmation process.

As they look ahead to the confirmation process, Administration officials say they need both an "inside and an outside strategy."

For them the pay is a modest improvement and the confirmation process at least does not damage their current income.