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      "id": 104444,
      "date": "2001-03-26",
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      "title": "Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions in Executive Departments During the 106th Congress, 1999-2000",
      "summary": "This report focuses on presidential nominations and Senate confirmations to the 330 full-time\npositions in the 14 executive departments to which the President makes appointments, with the\nadvice and consent of the Senate.\n During the 106th Congress, President Clinton submitted 136 nominations and made 18 recess\nappointments to full-time positions requiring Senate confirmation. The Senate confirmed 108\nnominations and returned 24; the President withdrew four nominations. On average, the Senate took\n105 days (three and a half months) to confirm a nomination. Sixty-eight nominations (63%) took\nless than 105 days to be confirmed, and 40 (37%) took more than 105 days. The length of time for \nindividual nominations to be confirmed varied considerably-33 nominations took less than two\nmonths, and 13 nominations took over six months, with the three longest taking over 10 months (two\nnominations) and one over 14 months. \n Nominations to eight departments on average were confirmed in less than the 105-day average,\nincluding the Department of Defense 52 days, Department of Energy 81 days, Department of\nHousing and Urban Development 81 days, Department of State 97 days, Department of Agriculture\n98 days, Department of the Interior 99 days, Department of the Treasury 100 days, and Department\nof Transportation 104 days. Nominations to five departments on average were confirmed above the\n105 day average, including the Department of Commerce 112 days, Department of Education 114\ndays, Department of Veterans Affairs 121 days, Department of Labor 169 days, and Department of\nJustice 178 days.\n Excluded from the report are appointments to positions in the military services officer corps\n(including the Coast Guard), the Foreign Service and overseas commercial and diplomatic posts, and\nthe two uniformed civilian services (Public Health Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric\nAdministration Corps); and positions as U.S. Attorneys and U.S. Marshals. Information provided\nin this report was compiled from the LEGIS nominations database in the Senate Computer Center,\nthe  Congressional Record  (daily edition), the  Weekly Compilation of Presidential\nDocuments , and\ntelephone discussions with department officials.",
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  "topics": [
    "African Affairs",
    "American Law",
    "Asian Affairs",
    "Economic Policy",
    "European Affairs",
    "Foreign Affairs",
    "Health Policy",
    "Intelligence and National Security",
    "National Defense",
    "South Asian Affairs",
    "Transportation Policy"
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