Senate confirmation
Legislative nominee endorsement
Senate confirmation is the process by which the United States Senate approves presidential appointments to federal positions—cabinet members, federal judges, ambassadors, and other high officials.
The Constitution requires the president to obtain the Senate's "advice and consent" for such appointments.
Confirmation typically involves committee hearings and a floor vote: Her nomination sailed through Senate confirmation; The nominee withdrew before facing Senate confirmation.
- bipartisanshipCooperation between political rivals
- advice and consentConstitutional approval process
- cabinet nomineeProposed executive department head
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- nomineeOne proposed for position
advise and consent · vote · separation of powers · nuclear option · cloture · majority leader · checks and balances · nomination process · committee review · quorum · party line · vice president · judiciary committee · roll call · judicial appointments · executive branch · floor vote · legislative oversight
- Supreme Courtchief justice, associate justices, justices, certiorari, oral arguments
- Cabinetcabinet ministers, cabinet member, cabinet secretary, cabinet position, cabinet meetings
- oversightoversight committees, oversight board, review, auditors, supervisor
Senate confirmationimpeachment
Charging officials with misconduct
removal from office · recess appointment · filibuster · pocket veto · tabling
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