Salaries on Hill Still Low
Salaries for federal employees in the District of Columbia, however, continued to outpace those of Capitol Hill-based staff in similar positions by 47 percent, or $79,577 to $54,212, respectively
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Salaries for federal employees in the District of Columbia, however, continued to outpace those of Capitol Hill-based staff in similar positions by 47 percent, or $79,577 to $54,212, respectively
The group claims that Knowles was leading 50 percent to 47 percent late on Election Day and questioned the accuracy of the optical scan machines used to tabulate votes, the paper reported.
“Henry damn nearly lost his race to a Hispanic,” said one Republican House Member, referring to Bonilla’s 2002 narrower-than-expected, 52 percent to 47 percent victory over Democrat Henry Cuellar
Kerry, a Catholic, drew only 47 percent of Catholic voters. And although he talked about his religion, he got clobbered among white Catholics and Protestants.
John Kerry’s (D-Mass.) win over Bush 52 percent to 47 percent in Clark County and the drubbing Sen.
In 2003, 47 percent of respondents told Gallup that they had a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the court.
After losing this important group 47 percent to 50 percent in 2000, he won them this year 52 percent to 47 percent. His increase with Catholic voters was identical.
A majority of voters, 51 percent, said that they had an unfavorable opinion of the Democratic nominee, while only 47 percent had a favorable opinion of him.
Mary Christ, 47, has been hired as the new executive assistant for the Congressman. Prior to joining Cox’s office, Christ worked for Rep. Nick Smith (R-Mich.) as his scheduler.
>Defeated for Other Office 9 House: 6D, 3R; 1 Senate: 1D Brad Carson (D-Okla.), 37, 2 terms Mac Collins (R-Ga.), 60, 6 terms Peter Deutsch (D-Fla.), 47
The 47 percent who disapprove went 80 percent for Kerry.
While Democrats tried to paint Reichert, who gained national fame when he caught Green River serial killer Gary Ridgway, as too conservative for the swing district, he managed an impressive 52 percent to 47
Despite pouring more than $3 million of his own money into his campaign in October, Bowles finished with 47 percent while Burr, who garnered some early criticism for a sluggish start in the race,
In 2000, then-Green Party nominee Nader took 5 percent of the vote — a key reason why the 2000 race ended up 47 percent for Gore and 47 percent for Republican George W. Bush.
Defeated for Other Office 4 House: 2D, 2R Mac Collins (R-Ga.), 60, 6 terms Peter Deutsch (D-Fla.), 47, 6 terms Richard Gephardt
An Oct. 14-19 national Marist poll found that 4 percent thought the problems people had with voting on Election Day 2000 had been completely corrected, 47 percent mostly corrected, 26 percent mostly
A Mason-Dixon survey released Sunday in the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader showed Daschle with a 49 percent to 47 percent lead, down from his 5-point edge in mid-September.
At this point, among the presidents who’ve lost, Gerald Ford dropped from a 47 percent approval rating to 44 in Gallup polls in the week before the election.
Currently, only four of 47 Generation Xers in Congress are women. Despite being slow out of the gate, Xers are expected to seize power eventually, in what could become a dramatic power shift.
Tony Knowles (D), who has led the contest in most polls — the most recent by a 47 percent to 43 percent margin. Polls in the Last Frontier do not close until midnight on Nov. 3 in the East.