Opinion · 116th Congress
To win, Trump must focus on the economy in campaign’s remaining days
Almost 1 in 5 voters had an unfavorable view of both candidates, and they eventually broke for Trump 47 percent to 30 percent.
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Almost 1 in 5 voters had an unfavorable view of both candidates, and they eventually broke for Trump 47 percent to 30 percent.
But only 10 of the 47 members of the Democratic Conference serve on the Judiciary panel.
Debbie Stabenow’s 47 percent, and in the governor’s race, Bill Schuette narrowly edged Democratic winner Gretchen Whitmer, 49 percent to 48 percent.
That’s the number of Republicans needed to supplement the 47-member Senate Democratic Caucus to get over the 60-vote hurdle to final passage.
Independents opposed it 17 percent to 47 percent.
Steve Daines 49 percent to 47 percent, within the survey’s 3.9-point margin of error. A recent New York Times/Siena College survey of North Carolina voters found GOP Sen.
But with a 53-47 advantage in the Senate, and two Republicans already saying they opposed a confirmation vote for Trump nominee Amy Coney Barrett so close to the election, McConnell has a thin margin
The Senate on Wednesday voted, 47-47, not to table a Republican proposal on preexisting conditions by North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis that mirrors his bill on the issue.
The Senate rejected a motion, 47-47, to table the amendment. The vote could be used by Republican senators to show the GOP is in favor of protecting pre-existing conditions.
Perhaps Trump’s most effective moment last night was when he told Biden, “I’ve done more in 47 months … than you’ve done in 47 years.”
Challenges ahead A poll conducted for Webb’s campaign at the beginning of August showed Trump leading Joe Biden 47 percent to 45 percent, within the margin of error of 4.4 percentage points.
The vote to end debate on the roughly $650 billion package was 52-47, falling short of the necessary 60 votes.
But as the messaging vote arrived Thursday, Republicans couldn’t talk to reporters about Democrats blocking their bill — which fell short on a 52-47 procedural vote with only one GOP senator in opposition
Lynne Blankenbeker 47 percent to 40 percent when the AP called the race early Wednesday at 12:04 a.m. Eastern time. Blankenbeker finished third in the GOP primary two years ago.
On Feb. 5, the Senate voted to acquit Trump on both impeachment counts: 53-47 on obstruction of Congress and 52-48 on abuse of power.
The poll also showed Trump leading Democratic nominee Joe Biden by just 1 point, 48 percent to 47 percent. In 2016, Trump beat Hillary Clinton 53 percent to 40 percent in the district.
The median wait time was 46 months in fiscal 2017, 47 months in fiscal 2018 and 46 months in 2019.
His campaign recently released a poll, conducted July 30 to Aug. 9 by Garin-Hart-Yang, that showed Hyde-Smith leading 47 percent to 42 percent.
GOP targets In the Miami-area 26th District, Gimenez was leading firefighter Omar Blanco 60 percent to 40 percent when The Associated Press called the race at 8:47 p.m. Eastern time.
It showed Gimenez leading the incumbent 47 percent to 42 percent, with better name recognition, according to the Miami Herald. The survey had a margin of error of 4.9 points.