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. 21 (UPI) -- Hillary Clinton could be the U.S. secretary of state before the end of the day Wednesday, pending Senate confirmation.
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, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A U.S. Senate confirmation vote to formalize John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has ground to a halt, the Christian Science Monitor reports.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate confirmation of John Bolton as envoy to the United Nations has again hit a roadblock because of stand taken by Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee, R-R.I.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- As the Senate debated the U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito Wednesday, President George Bush met a group of former Alito clerks.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10-8 along party lines Tuesday to recommend that Samuel Alito be confirmed by the full Senate.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- President Bush appointed veteran diplomat Eric Edelman to a top Pentagon post Tuesday, doing an end run around a Senate block on his confirmation.
WASHINGTON, July 17 (UPI) -- Richard Carmona, president Bush's nominee for surgeon general, was approved unanimously by a Senate committee Wednesday and will now head before the full Senate for confirmation.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) --