Conkling raised the time-honored principle of senatorial courtesy in an attempt to defeat the nomination, to no avail.
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In 1983, State Senator Gerald Cardinale attempted to block her reappointment to the Superior Court by invoking senatorial courtesy.
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Her nomination was blocked through a custom known as senatorial courtesy because the Richard Stone, Democrats, opposed her confirmation.
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McCain, meanwhile, oozes senatorial courtesy, saying : " My relations with Steve Forbes throughout this cammpaign have been excellent.
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The Democrats and moderate Republicans who voted for Ashcroft are not obliged to extend senatorial courtesy to his nominees.
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A " hold " is a senatorial courtesy that allows a senator to prevent legislation from coming to a vote.
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He alerted the opposing leaders as a matter of logistics and senatorial courtesy, not political calculation, the Gore campaign said.
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Bush is clearly hoping that Ashcroft's old colleagues will extend him the usual senatorial courtesies and confirm him with little dissent.
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By the tradition of Senatorial courtesy, other Senators generally deferred to a nominee's home state senators when evaluating a presidential nomination.
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There'll be a lot of blustering against Ashcroft, but senatorial courtesy and kindness toward a new administration probably will favor him.
