The Senate committee approved Geithner's nomination, however he must wait another week for final confirmation while Republicans continue to dig into his tax affairs.

参议院委员会批准了Geithner的提名，然而他需要等待一周后的最终确认，在此期间共和党会继续狠钻他的税款问题。

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Some groups have been advocating the Internet for the prize for months, but the nomination was officially accepted only this week, during the first meeting of the Norwegian Nobel Committee on March 9.

一些团体已经为互联网造势数个月之久，但是直到本周才被正式提名提名在3月9日挪威诺贝尔委员会召开的首次会议上通过。

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The committee voted 18-5 yesterday to approve the nomination of Geithner, 47, who is the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

委员会昨天以18票对5票通过了对盖特纳的提名，47岁的他曾经是纽约联邦银行（Federal Reserve Bank of New York）的总裁。

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The Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings this week to consider her nomination by President Obama.

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Republican Lindsey Graham, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee that will vote on Sotomayor's nomination, spoke on Fox News Sunday.

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The code also requires the nomination committee to be chaired by an independent non-executive, and not by the chairman who may, however, still sit on it.

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In other Hong Kong news, Ming Pao warns that Qiao Xiaoyang, chairman of the NPC Law Committee, risks forcing people onto the streets in protest after he stated that a nomination committee will be responsible for endorsing candidates ahead of Hong Kong chief executive elections in 2017.

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Mr. Lew's nomination cleared a committee vote Tuesday with bipartisan support, 19 to 5.

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