If there are non-controversial, non-ideological nominees at the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Treasury, that are not going to be opposed either in cloture or in the process, the tradition has been that unanimous consent is provided and an up or down vote, or even a voice vote, is done on these nominees.
According to Steve Thomas the bill is "non-controversial" and is a "nice example of localism".
But when organizations under fire try to placate their critics and remain the bland, non-controversial organization they once were, things explode.
The expectation that citizens should look after themselves and their family appears non-controversial - but there are some who may not be able to do that.
This conclusion should be non-controversial to anyone other than Wall Streeters who, let us not forget, make a living denying the dangers related to their self-dealing.
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ASEAN's senior members should start with measures that are fairly non-controversial, yet can build trust, amity and cooperation within the enlarged grouping -- the kind they themselves enjoyed for decades.
He is now concentrating on relatively non-controversial projects such as a city-wide clean-up (though he tactlessly, and unsuccessfully, asked the workers to collect the rubbish after hours without charging overtime).
Even as industry groups representing emerging energies like solar and wind have gained clout, they've suffered setbacks in legislative skirmishing over relatively non-controversial priorities such as tax credits for renewable energy.
But, again, what I'm saying is it was -- not to give credence to when it was used in the past, but understand I think we've found it remarkable, and I think most people would find it remarkable the level that it has been used on things that ultimately ended up being, through the ultimate approval of the legislation, non-controversial.
Having to go through a cloture motion simply to get -- simply to get an up or down vote on a non-controversial nominee that has gone through a committee unanimously, and then ultimately gets through the Senate with one or two no votes or also gets through unanimously, is nothing more than a ridiculous abuse of the rules of the Senate.
Westminster Hall - the Commons parallel debating chamber, where non-party controversial issues are aired - sees two debates on veterans' issues.
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Clauses in the legislation making stalking and voyeurism non-bailable offences are controversial because some feel they could be misused.
Before that, they had overturned a controversial 1999 law that restricted non-governmental organisations.
The cash came from a controversial private offering to Goldman's non-U.S. clients that closed on Friday.
Buchanan objects to that agency's funding of controversial projects that include nudity and other non-traditional themes.
"What's interesting about the GM issue is that it has been controversial in some places, but is a non-issue for most consumers, " he said.
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Instead, he said the controversial proposal voted upon Wednesday is found in a non-binding annexed resolution to the treaty.
And as a matter of fact, it's a very controversial factor because the prediction of how many of those people - independents, non-Democrats, first-time caucus-goers are actually going to show up, has figured into the polling.
Not only were most hospitals non-profit, the very idea that a hospital should be run like a business was actually controversial!
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The most controversial aspect of the proposals concerns the more than 2m people on incapacity benefit and hundreds of thousands of non-working mothers, according to an interview with Mr Purnell in the Sunday Times.
Non-euro member Hungary also saw its currency fall to a historic low versus the euro after a passing a controversial law limiting the independence of its central bank and possibly damaging its access to bailout funds.
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