The prevailing view in the industry was summed up in 1912 by a group of auto makers who told a Senate committee: `` The exceedingly unsatisfactory and uselessly expensive conditions, including delays surrounding legal disputes, particularly in patent litigation, are items of industrial burden which must be written large in figures of many millions of dollars of industrial waste ''.

The president makes a treaty with foreign powers, but then the proposed treaty must be ratified by a two-thirds vote in the Senate.

The Commandant is nominated by the President for a four-year term of office and must be confirmed by the Senate.

The Chief of Naval Operations is nominated by the President for appointment and must be confirmed via majority vote by the Senate.

They must be confirmed by the United States Senate and serve a term of office of five years, with a maximum of ten years, if reappointed, unless they resign or are fired by the President before their term ends.

While the U. S. Senate did not add any reservation to the treaty, it did pass a measure " interpreting " the treaty which included the statement that the treaty must not infringe upon America's right of self defense and that the United States was not obliged to enforce the treaty by taking action against those who violated it.

In the modern American meritocracy, the president can only hand out a certain number of jobs which must be approved by the Senate.

In its advisory role, the Customary Senate must be consulted on law proposals " concerning the Kanak identity " as defined in the Noumea Accord.

Once the Senate confirms a nomination, the president must prepare and sign a commission, to which the Seal of the Department of Justice must be affixed, before the new justice can take office.

Australia is exceptional because the government faces a fully elected upper house, the Senate, which must be willing to pass its budgets.

The Senate responds that Caesar must immediately surrender his command.

An amendment must originate in the Senate, where it must receive a two-thirds vote.

After passing the Senate, it must also receive a majority vote in the House.

Any amendment that passes both Houses, must be repassed by majority votes, after a newly elected legislature is seated ; again, first in the Senate, then in the House.

In a letter to the Senate, Stimson stated that Patton must be retained because of the need for his " aggressive, winning leadership in the bitter battles which are to come before final victory.

The Secretary of the Navy must by law be a civilian, at least 5 years removed from active military service, and is appointed by the President and requires confirmation by a majority vote of the Senate.

The United States Constitution states that the Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate, despite not being a member of the body, and that the Senate must choose a president pro tempore.

However, Australia's Parliament also has a powerful upper house, the Senate, which must pass any legislation initiated by the House of Representatives if it is to become law.

It is a position appointed by the President of the Republic and the nomination must be approved by the Federal Senate.

The director must submit a congressional report at the end of each fiscal year to committees on the Judiciary of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.

" There are also a few duties which must be specifically performed by, or bills that require assent by, the Queen ; these include applying the royal sign-manual and Great Seal of Canada to the appointment papers of governors general, the issuance of Letters Patent, the confirmation of awards of Canadian honours, the approval of any change in her Canadian title, and the creation of new Senate seats.

* 1973 – The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387 to 35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States ( on November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92 to 3 ).

* 1973 – The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92 to 3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States ( on December 6, the House confirmed him 387 to 35 ).

* October 15 – United States Senate votes 52 – 48 to confirm Judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court of the United States.

* November 27 – The United States Senate votes 92 – 3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States.

The United States Senate voted 92 – 3 to confirm Ford on November 27 and, on December 6, the House of Representatives did the same by a vote of 387 – 35.

The plan was foiled by the Senate, which ripped into Fortas's record and refused to confirm him.

President George W. Bush refused to make some nominations to the Board and Senate Democrats refused to confirm those he did.

His opponents launched numerous delaying tactics ; the Senate session before the vote to confirm Minton lasted until midnight.

The Minnesota Senate may confirm or reject each appointment.

Such actions date back to the Judiciary Act of 1801 (" Midnight Judges Act "), in which Federalist President John Adams and the outgoing 6th Congress amended the Judiciary Act to create more federal judge seats for Adams to appoint and the Senate to confirm before the Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated and the Democratic-Republican majority 7th Congress convened.

President Tyler nominated Spencer to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court twice, first in January 1844 to fill Smith Thompson's seat and again in June of the same year to fill Henry Baldwin's seat, but the Senate failed to confirm him both times.

The Senate has the sole authority to confirm or reject gubernatorial nominees for judicial and some executive positions.

In the end, the Senate voted 52-48 to confirm Clarence Thomas as an associate justice of the Supreme Court.

Jackson supporters in the Senate refused to confirm Crittenden's nomination by John Quincy Adams to the U. S. Supreme Court in 1828, but after his brief service as Kentucky Secretary of State, the state legislature elected him to the first of his four non-consecutive stints in the U. S. Senate.

In 1828, Adams nominated him to replace Kentuckian Robert Trimble as an associate justice of the Supreme Court, but Jackson supporters in the Senate refused to confirm him.

In July, " he Senate Banking Committee voted 17 to 6 to confirm her, though the top Republican on the panel, Senator Richard C. Shelby of Alabama, voted no, saying he believed Ms. Yellen had an ' inflationary bias.

The California Senate Rules Committee refused to confirm him as the Board president.

Antony sent an announcement of the donations to Rome, hoping that the Senate would confirm them, which it refused to do.

In 1843 President Tyler nominated Cushing for U. S. Secretary of the Treasury, but the U. S. Senate refused to confirm him for this office.

The Senate, however, refused to confirm many new nominations, instead demanding that Cleveland turn over the confidential records relating to the suspensions.

" Cleveland's popular support forced the Senate to back down and confirm the nominees.

The Senate must introduce any changes to federal revenue sharing policies, ratify international treaties, approve changes to constitutional or federal criminal laws, as well as confirm or impeach presidential nominees to the cabinet, the judiciary, the armed forces, and the diplomatic corps, among other federal posts.

On 2 February 2010, the Senate Armed Services Committee endorsed the nomination and the Senate voted to confirm the nomination.