Recess Ends With Plea for Civility
“Most of the suggestions were about improving the tenor of our debate and uplifting the dialogue rather than hurling insults at one and another,” added Israel, who co-founded the 47-member caucus
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“Most of the suggestions were about improving the tenor of our debate and uplifting the dialogue rather than hurling insults at one and another,” added Israel, who co-founded the 47-member caucus
Still, Democrats lost 47 House and four Senate seats. In 1970, with 56 percent of the country against the war, Richard Nixon’s GOP lost 12 House seats, while gaining two in the Senate.
Strategic Vision, an Atlanta-based Republican public relations firm, polled 800 Evergreen State residents Aug. 5-7 and found that 47 percent approved of Cantwell’s job performance while 36 percent
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), 63, 8 terms Running for Other Office 7 House: 3D, 4R; 1 Senate: 1D Jim Davis (D-Fla.), 47
George Allen (R-Va.) by a 47 percent to 42 percent margin in a hypothetical 2006 Senate matchup. The survey was taken July 19-21 and polled 625 likely voters.
Crowley leads the pack with 47 backers, followed by Schakowsky with 43 and Larson with 18.
This is accomplished by increasing the amounts exempt from the tax — currently $1.5 million — while simultaneously reducing the top rate imposed by the tax, which is currently 47 percent.
Democrats replaced Wellstone on the ballot with former Vice President Walter Mondale, but Coleman won a 50 percent to 47 percent victory due in large part to a backlash against a televised Wellstone
Only 31 percent of respondents favored DeWine’s re-election, and his favorable/unfavorable rating was 37 percent to 47 percent.
McGavick, 47, will stay on as chairman of Safeco, the Seattle-based property and casualty insurance company he put back in the black after taking the helm in 2001, through the end of the year.
The state’s senior senator, DeWine, who is up for reelection next year, had 37 percent favorable and 47 percent unfavorable name identification — horrible numbers for a two-term Senator who was re-elected
Crowley named five new backers to give him 47 endorsements, while Schakowsky added five Members to her team and grew her overall tally to 43. Connecticut Rep.
A recent survey of 934 Michiganders conducted June 29 through July 7 by EPIC/MRA of Lansing showed that 47 percent believe Stabenow is doing a good job while 37 percent do not.
Though she prevailed last year on a 52-47 vote, six of her supporters have since left the Senate, and pro-gun rights Republicans replaced five of them. Sen.
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), 63, 8 terms Running for Other Office 6 House: 3D, 3R; 1 Senate: 1D Jim Davis (D-Fla.), 47
Kennedy (R-Minn.), 48, 3 terms Running for Other Office 6 House: 3D, 3R; 1 Senate: 1D Jim Davis (D-Fla.), 47
The latest Gallup poll shows that support for the war has dropped to just 39 percent, down from 72 percent in April 2003 and 47 percent this March. Fifty-nine percent oppose the war.
“I think there’s an opportunity for a straight-shooting problem-solver,” the 47-year-old said. “A lot of these professional politicians don’t understand the real world.”
The House bill would eliminate $47 million in funding for the Denali Commission, which was designed to provide infrastructure and economic support to rural Alaskan communities, as well as get rid
Wetterling commissioned a poll in February that showed her beating Kennedy statewide 47 percent to 38 percent.