• Senatorial courtesy is a long-standing, unwritten, unofficial, and nonbinding constitutional convention in the U.S. describing the tendency of U.S. senators...
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    City Stephen Sweeney, D-Gloucester – Freeholder, Gloucester County Senatorial courtesy is a senate tradition that allows home county legislators to intercede...
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  • Senatorial courtesy is an unwritten rule practiced in the Senate of the U.S. state of New Jersey under which a State Senator can indefinitely block consideration...
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    said to be blocking consideration of his confirmation by invoking "senatorial courtesy", a Senate tradition that allows home county legislators to intercede...
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    president included his assertion of presidential authority against senatorial courtesy in executive appointments, a purge of corruption in the Post Office...
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    No. 62, James Madison justified this arrangement by arguing that the "senatorial trust" called for a "greater extent of information and stability of character":...
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  • 1916 as the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee. It was reorganized in 1948 and renamed the National Republican Senatorial Committee. The NRSC helps...
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    identify colleagues who place holds, in all but name. Blue Slip Senatorial courtesy Walter J. Oleszek (December 20, 2007), Proposals to Reform "Holds"...
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    Ninth Circuit, California). Senatorial courtesy Senate hold Kratz, Jessie (2014-08-03). "The Origins of Senatorial Courtesy". Prologue: Pieces of History...
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    1939 film in which a filibuster is a major plot element Senate hold Senatorial courtesy Reconciliation (United States Congress) Parks and Recreation (season...
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  • The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) is the Democratic Hill committee for the United States Senate. It is the only organization solely dedicated...
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    courts, presidents often respect the long-standing tradition of senatorial courtesy. Presidents may also grant pardons and reprieves. Gerald Ford pardoned...
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  • It can either be closed door or open door. Historically,[when?] as a courtesy to the President, such sessions were always held behind closed doors, but...
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  • Senators of the majority party, The caucus system is different from senatorial courtesy, which allowed any senator to block a gubernatorial appointment from...
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    input into the nominating process, and through a tradition known as senatorial courtesy can exercise an unofficial veto over a nominee unacceptable to the...
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    conference wanted to reward Chuck Schumer, then the chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, with a position in the leadership hierarchy.[citation...
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  • practice, however, senators second requests for recorded votes as a matter of courtesy. When a recorded vote is held, the clerk calls the roll of the Senate in...
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    appointment Reconciliation Riddick's Senate Procedure Senate hold Senatorial courtesy Seniority Standing Rules Tie-breaking votes Traditions Treaty Clause...
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