1.   As fate would have it, his business on Thursday included a Senate confirmation vote on his appointment by President Bush to serve as attorney general.

2.   At the White House, Clinton tried and failed to convince enough wavering senators to at least permit a confirmation vote.

3.   A handful of conservatives has blocked a confirmation vote, charging that the heir to a meat-packing fortune is a gay activist who has offended religious people.

4.   After the Klein confirmation vote, though, the Senate confirmed Holder as well.

5.   Boyd sailed through a confirmation hearing in May, and a full Senate confirmation vote is possible this week.

6.   But it is not just a matter of jobs or confirmation votes.

7.   But Monday they seemed at least willing to consider approving Stepashin in a confirmation vote scheduled for Wednesday.

8.   He said Paez has waited longer for a confirmation vote than any other judicial appointee.

9.   He serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which can withhold a nomination from a confirmation vote.

10.   Mueller faces a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee, then a confirmation vote in the Senate.