WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. public, by a slim margin, would like the Senate to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as the next U.S. Supreme Court justice, results of a CNN poll indicate.
WASHINGTON, June 1 (UPI) -- Democrat and Republican vote-counters say U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor could get at least a third of the Senate GOP vote for her confirmation.
WASHINGTON, April 5 (UPI) -- Thomas Perez, a Maryland lawyer nominated to head the U.S. Justice Department's civil rights division, will be in for a tough confirmation fight, analysts say.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Attorney General-designate Eric Holder is facing growing opposition from Republicans as his confirmation hearings approach, observers say.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush has yet to act on a 7-month-old promise to appoint an envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Reformation of the judicial confirmation process was one topic U.S. President George Bush touched on during a speech to the Federalist Society in Washington.
WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- Human rights groups are urging the U.S. Senate to probe NSA warrantless wire-taps in its hearing on Gen. Michael Hayden.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate has scheduled confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Chief Justice nominee John Roberts for next Monday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- A U.S. Senate oversight panel has scheduled two days of hearings on the nomination of Condoleezza Rice to be secretary of state.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Senate confirmation hearings for secretary of state nominee Condoleezza Rice have been pushed to January at the request of the White House.
