He was the first cabinet nominee to be rejected by the Senate.
This was the first time a presidential cabinet nominee had faced such an issue.
No other Cabinet nominee has ever been required to do that.
Elected officials are also held to a different standard than cabinet nominees, and not necessarily a higher one.
For the second time in history, the Senate formally rejected a cabinet nominee.
Crucial details are yet to be worked out, including Labor's new leadership and the identity of its cabinet nominees.
Three decades passed before another cabinet nominee suffered an identical fate.
A new President is in danger of losing a Cabinet nominee.
One of Mr. Bush's cabinet nominees was already on the job today.
Cabinet nominees appear before one or more parliamentary committees in consultative open hearings.