U.S. Senate confirmation hearings
                        
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                Statements (23)
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| gptkbp:instanceOf | 
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:government
                                        
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| gptkbp:cause | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            nominee approval
                                        
                                        
                                         nominee rejection nominee withdrawal  | 
                            
| gptkbp:conductedBy | 
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:United_States_Senate
                                        
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| gptkbp:followedBy | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Senate vote
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:heldBy | 
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Senate_committees
                                        
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| gptkbp:involves | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            questioning nominees
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:legalBasis | 
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:U.S._Constitution_Article_II,_Section_2
                                        
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| gptkbp:notableExample | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearing
                                        
                                        
                                         Clarence Thomas confirmation hearing Robert Bork confirmation hearing  | 
                            
| gptkbp:openToPublic | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            usually public
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:purpose | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            evaluate presidential nominees
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:relatedTo | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            advice and consent
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:requires | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Supreme Court justices
                                        
                                        
                                         ambassadors federal judges cabinet secretaries  | 
                            
| gptkbp:bfsParent | 
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Advise_and_Consent_(film_adaptation)
                                        
                                         gptkb:Advise_&_Consent_(1962)  | 
                            
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            U.S. Senate confirmation hearings
                                        
                                        
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