His nomination was confirmed by the US Senate on November 21, 2008.

The US Senate would then consider the new treaty for ratification next year.

Baker postponed his visit and later vented his frustrations to the US Senate Committee on Appropriations.

President Barack Obama is supposed to appoint senior officials with the advice and consent of the US Senate.

Indeed, the US has never had a woman president, Senate majority leader, Secretary of the Treasury, or Secretary of Defense.

The Senate approved the indication.

For several years, some members of the US Senate have maintained a punitive policy towards Indonesia by cutting off military assistance and curtailing Indonesian military training in the US.

The Dodd Frank Financial Reform Bill, which is about to pass the US Senate, does something similar and long overdue for banking.

A proposal in the US Senate to increase development and education aid to Pakistan could help in winning the hearts and minds.

Moreover, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which would replace a fragile international moratorium, cannot come into force without US Senate ratification.

The Opposition, which still controlled the Senate, allowed some Government bills to pass the Senate, and blocked others.

It seems unlikely that Ron Paul, the libertarian chairman of the US Senate Banking Committee, who doubts that even the US needs a central bank, would be inclined to agree.

The US Senate would then consider the new treaty for ratification next year. The Obama administration is also consulting with Congress on when to re submit the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), which was rejected by the Senate 10 years ago.

The US Senate was wise in rejecting this dangerous option. We can only hope that similar wisdom prevails in the House of Representatives.

The politics of the US Senate should not obscure the larger point America has acted irresponsibly since signing the climate treaty in 1992.

Over time, it became apparent that the US would not live up to its commitment, owing, as now, to opposition in the Senate.

With his 36 year record in the US Senate, national stature, and essentially conservative constituency, he would certainly have won again in November.

In his recent US Senate testimony, Rumsfeld claimed that the military police at Abu Ghraib were instructed to abide by the Geneva conventions.

The highest court was the Senate.

This spring, the WHO released a report that recommends solutions similar to those proposed in the US Senate bill, but on a global level.

With developing countries displaying their readiness to reach a global deal, could the US Senate really prove to be the world s last great holdout?

Mike McConnell, America s Director of National Intelligence, recently admitted to a US Senate panel that al Qaeda is gaining strength and steadily improving its ability to recruit, train, and even attack the US.

The US Senate voted this month to incorporate such a mechanism into the financial reform bill that will now have to be reconciled by the bill passed by the US House of Representatives.

But the dysfunctional US Senate capped additional deficit spending at 600 billion over three years only half of the 1.2 trillion that was the technocratic goal.

As for Pinochet himself, ever since July 2004, when the US Senate revealed his vast secret bank accounts, the once powerful dictator has become a pariah.

When the Kyoto Protocol was adopted in 1997, Clinton did not even send it to the US Senate for ratification, knowing that it would be rejected.

The Abilene network study was the basis for the testimony of Gary Bachula to the US Senate Commerce Committee's hearing on Network Neutrality in early 2006.

This senate candidate also plays World of Warcraft.

The senate was removed in the new constitution.

6 Senate of the French Republic (see www.senat.fr).

The Senate sat in Vaasa during the Finnish Civil War from January 29 to May 3, 1918 and was known as the Vaasa Senate.

The mood in the US today is far from the point that it reached in 1973 and 1974, when the drive to impeach Nixon and convict him in the US Senate forced him to resign.

At hearings before a US Senate subcommittee, BP CEO Tony Hayward s evasive maneuvering and failure to answer point blank questions infuriated Congressmen and the American public alike.

Because this position does not require Congressional approval, the president may appoint whomever he wants, without having his choice raked over the coals in the US Senate.

The Senate vetoed the text submitted by the Congress.

Three independent candidates were also voted into the Senate.

Yet, despite America s central role in global emissions, the US Senate has done nothing about climate change since ratifying the United Nations climate change treaty 16 years ago.

Appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 17, Dempsey added that he had no confidence that US forces could secure the arsenal given the number of sites.

The Senate must decide whether New START enhances American security.

The proposed revision is currently under review at the Senate.

Octavian relieved the city with the help of the Senate.

The Senate was headed by the Governor General of Finland.

The members of the Senate had to be Finnish citizens.

Nine political parties won seats in the 30 seat Senate.

They will be submitted to the examination of the Senate.