41.   However, in recent years, the judiciary committee has stalled the confirmation process.

42.   However, senators from both parties objected to bypassing the confirmation process in such a direct way.

43.   It keeps the right wingers focused on Ashcroft getting through the confirmation process.

44.   It leaves the CIA bereft of leadership and the confirmation process in the realm of national security, once deemed bipartisan or even apolitical, in disrepute.

45.   Just when it seemed the judicial confirmation process in the Senate had reached a nadir, Republicans this week set a new low.

46.   Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said Democrats have tried to improve the confirmation process since taking control of the Senate last year.

47.   Lake replaced John Deutch, leaving Deutch without a job and Lake at the beginning of what became a three-month confirmation process.

48.   Lake may get a lot of attention for bashing the confirmation process.

49.   Magaw, who is expected to sail through the confirmation process, said he had no doubt that deadlines would be met under his tenure.

50.   Many lawyers do not want to submit themselves to the public scrutiny that accompanies what has become an increasingly confrontational confirmation process.