Trump’s speech, spending talks to dominate this week in Congress
Senators on Thursday voted 51-47 to limit debate on the McMahon nomination before breaking for the weekend.
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Linda McMahon’s nomination to be Education secretary clears Senate hurdle
Senators voted 51-47 to approve a motion to invoke cloture on McMahon’s nomination, which is scheduled to receive a confirmation vote Monday.
Setting the record straight on Biden’s spending
Fifty-three percent approved of the job he was doing as president, while 47 percent disapproved. Good numbers for Trump. Fifty-nine percent of people also approved of his immigration efforts.
Senate GOP ready to advance slimmer budget blueprint
certain of a critical mass of senators returning to Washington in time, they teed up a vote on the motion to proceed to the fiscal 2025 budget resolution, which was agreed to on a mostly party-line, 50-47
Sorting out the facts on ‘waste and abuse’ at USAID
A clip of that portion of her comments was shared widely on social media — the version shared by the White House’s "Rapid Response 47" account on X garnered more than a million views, alone.
Democrats hold Senate floor overnight to protest Trump’s OMB nominee
Cloture was invoked Wednesday afternoon on a 53-47 party-line vote, limiting debate on the Vought nomination to 30 hours.
Firebrand Vought confirmed as White House budget director
While the 53-47 outcome was never in real doubt — no Republican ever voiced opposition to him — antipathy toward Vought from Democrats grew into full-throated rage in recent weeks.
Trump signs executive order to block transgender athletes from women’s sports
said Wednesday that the White House would welcome Senate passage — which would need 60 votes to move forward — but Republicans hold only 53 seats (and Vice President JD Vance’s tie-breaking vote) to 47
The nation’s report card hits crisis level
All three of these characteristics are especially important in the context of grade inflation, which 47 percent of the electorate called a "widespread problem" last year.
GOP majority renews focus on abortionÂ
The vote on the measure was 52-47. The House could vote on that measure as soon as Thursday.
Trump’s big bang approach to Day 1
In the end, it was a frenetic day of dinners and dancing, press scrums, parades and executive order signings that were pure Trump, too, along with a bit of controversy that we’ve come to expect from 47
Kirsten Gillibrand gets Schumer’s nod to lead DSCC
Republicans currently hold 53 seats in the Senate, compared with 47 for Democrats and independents who caucus with them.