Read more nominee stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/12890/nominee.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:27:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69176/sorry-glenn-beck-senate-confirms-sunstein.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCass Sunstein, President Obama’s nominee for a bureaucratic White House post, has been confirmed in a 57-40 Senate vote largely along party lines, Politico reports. Sunstein, who will monitor federal regulations as director of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, has been under attack by conservatives over...http://www.newser.com/story/69176/sorry-glenn-beck-senate-confirms-sunstein.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 9:50:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67567/most-obama-posts-still-not-filled.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama is still missing more than half his team after 7 months in the Oval Office, the New York Times reports. Facing a grueling confirmation process for appointees, the president has filled only 43% of more than 500 top policymaking positions that require Senate approval. Planning to reform financial...http://www.newser.com/story/67567/most-obama-posts-still-not-filled.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Aug 2009 19:08:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66291/senate-confirms-sotomayor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor today as the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court. The vote was 68-31 for Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's first high court nominee. She becomes the 111th justice and just the third woman to serve. Democrats praised the 55-year-old Sotomayor as a mainstream moderate. But...http://www.newser.com/story/66291/senate-confirms-sotomayor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Aug 2009 14:36:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65251/hatch-cornyn-get-on-gops-anti-sotomayor-bandwagon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn an indication that conservative Republicans are uniting against Sonia Sotomayor, Senate Judiciary Committee members John Cornyn and Orrin Hatch today pledged to vote against her, CNN reports. Though moderate Republicans worry opposition could hurt the party with Hispanics, the conservative base has lobbied hard against the Supreme Court nominee....http://www.newser.com/story/65251/hatch-cornyn-get-on-gops-anti-sotomayor-bandwagon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 15:37:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64657/sotomayor-wins-republicans-backing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRichard Lugar said today he’ll back Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court bid, making him the first GOP senator to do so, the Washington Post reports. Mel Martinez of Florida, the chamber's sole Republican Latino, quickly followed suit. “Judge Sotomayor has demonstrated a judicial temperament during her week-long nomination hearing,” Lugar, an...http://www.newser.com/story/64657/sotomayor-wins-republicans-backing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Jul 2009 12:17:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64571/romney-emerges-as-gops-2012-frontrunner-poll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 2012 presidential race is heating up—at least in a Gallup poll of Republican voters. CQ Politics looks at the results, which have former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney out front, with 26% saying he should top the GOP ticket. Sarah Palin snags 21%, Mike Huckabee gets 19%, and Newt...http://www.newser.com/story/64571/romney-emerges-as-gops-2012-frontrunner-poll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 15:00:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64563/gop-foresees-august-vote-on-sotomayor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRepublicans cleared the way today for a Senate vote next month to confirm Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, placing her firmly in line to become the first Hispanic justice. "I look forward to you getting that vote before we recess in August," said Jeff Sessions, the senior Republican on the...http://www.newser.com/story/64563/gop-foresees-august-vote-on-sotomayor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 12:19:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64500/these-hearings-are-all-about-the-next-nominee.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThree days, no bombshells: Sonia Sotomayor is a done deal for the Supreme Court. The humdrum proceedings still have value, however, write Peter Baker and Charlie Savage in the New York Times . It's all about the next nominee, and that could be a much bigger fight. If nothing else, Republicans...http://www.newser.com/story/64500/these-hearings-are-all-about-the-next-nominee.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 21:52:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64484/sotomayors-inspiration-perry-mason.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSonia Sotomayor’s zeal for the law comes from the tube, the Los Angeles Times reports. The former prosecutor credits for her conversion a Perry Mason episode where the titular defense attorney “proved his client innocent and got the actual murderer to confess,” the Supreme Court nominee told senators today. “Perry...http://www.newser.com/story/64484/sotomayors-inspiration-perry-mason.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 14:56:00 CDT