单词	senatorial courtesy
释义	senatorial courtesy noun : a custom of the U.S. Senate of refusing to confirm a presidential appointment of an official in or from a state when the appointment is opposed by the senators or senior senator of the president's party from that state Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web The two slip rule, critically, remained in effect as long as Democrats controlled the Senate even once Barack Obama took over as president — with Democrats choosing to uphold a senatorial courtesy over partisan advantage. Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 3 July 2018 In its defense, the blue slip is a bow in the direction of both bipartisanship and senatorial courtesy. Jonathan S. Tobin, National Review, 11 Sep. 2017 Word History First Known Use 1884, in the meaning defined above
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