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      "id": 104459,
      "date": "2001-06-04",
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      "title": "Presidential Appointments to Full-time Positions in Independent and Other Agencies During the 106th Congress, 1999 -- 2000",
      "summary": "This report provides information on 120 full-time positions requiring Senate confirmation in 25\nindependent executive agencies, six units in the Executive Office of the President, six multilateral\nbanking agencies, and four legislative branch agencies. It does not cover appointments to cabinet\ndepartments or independent regulatory and other collegial boards and commissions.\n  During the 106th Congress, President Clinton submitted 37 nominations to full-time positions\nrequiring Senate confirmation. The Senate confirmed 28 of the nominations and returned seven at\nthe end of the Congress. The President withdrew two of his nominations and made eight recess\nappointments. On average, the Senate took 121 days to confirm a nomination from the time it was\nreceived.  (1)  Overall, 16 nominations were confirmed under the 121 day\naverage and 12 were confirmed\nover the 121 day average. The length of time for confirmation of individual nominations varied\nconsiderably, with eight taking under 60 days and seven taking over 150 days. The shortest\nconfirmation took eight days, while the longest took 288 days.\n  Information provided in this report was compiled from the LEGIS nominations database in the\nSenate Computer Center, the  Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents , telephone\ndiscussions\nwith agency officials, and two federal agency directories.  (2) \n     1.  Senate August recesses and the recess between sessions were not\nincluded in this calculation. The Senate was\nin recess from Aug. 6 through Sept. 7, 1999 (33 days), from Nov. 20, 1999 through Jan. 23, 2000\n(65 days),\nand from July 28 through Sept. 4, 2000 (39 days). \n  2.  Carroll Publishing,  Carroll's Federal Directory: January/February\n2001  (Bethesda, MD: Carroll Publishing,\n2000); CQ Press,  2000/Fall Federal Staff Directory , 34th ed. (Washington: CQ Press,\n2000).",
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    "American Law",
    "Economic Policy",
    "Foreign Affairs",
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