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↵↵The annual address to a joint session of Congress — the longest in U.S. history at 1 hour, 47 minutes and 43 seconds — featured some of the most partisan moments in recent memory, with the chief executive
↵↵That would require some Democratic support in a 53-47 Republican-led chamber with a 60-vote threshold for most legislation.
A Washington Post-IPSOS-ABC News poll conducted Feb. 12-17 found that 60 percent of respondents disapproved of how Trump is handling the job, including 47 percent who strongly disapproved.
"For 47 years, they've been talking and talking and talking. In the meantime, we've lost a lot of lives while they talk. Legs blown off, arms blown off, faces blown off.
The House narrowly passed the measure last week along party lines, and the final tally in the Senate was 49-47.Â
The vote was 52-47, with all Democrats except Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania in opposition.
↵↵Senate Republicans are defending a 53-47 majority heading into the midterm elections, which kick off next month, with March 3 primaries in Texas and North Carolina.Â
That move also came up short, with a motion to waive a budget point of order on the amendment defeated on a 47-52 vote.
↵↵But that visit was canceled days before it was to take place and is now scheduled for Tuesday — 47 days after her office made the request, the filing states.↵↵Rep.
On a 47-0 vote it approved another bill that would commission a report on China's AI capabilities.
↵↵On the positive side, although 47 percent of the electorate still thought that inflation was getting worse, that number is down from 57 percent in our November survey.
↵↵Senate Republicans are defending a 53-47 majority in this year's midterm elections, and, by and large, have a favorable map heading into November.
↵↵When respondents, independent or not, were asked which party they leaned more toward, they picked Democrats over Republicans 47 percent to 42 percent.Â
At the time of the 2010 elections, Obama's job rating was underwater, according to Gallup, with 45 percent approving and 47 percent disapproving.  ↵↵Trump's current standing is undeniably worse.
War powers↵↵Last week, senators voted 52-47 to discharge from the Foreign Relations Committee a war powers resolution that would bar U.S. military action "within or against" Venezuela absent specific congressional
↵↵Senators voted 52-47 to discharge a war powers resolution from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that would bar military action "within or against" Venezuela absent a specific congressional authorization
↵↵The Senate's 52-47 vote earlier Thursday to advance a war powers resolution that would prohibit any new military action in Venezuela absent congressional authorization will surely make CQ Roll Call's
On the health of the economy, 53 percent said it was on the wrong track, while 47 percent picked right track.
The same Harvard-Harris poll found inflation was most respondents' (47 percent) top issue by a wide margin over "restoring basic American values of merit" at 13 percent and immigration at 11 percent.
↵↵Data from early November from Navigator Research and Global Strategy Group found that 47 percent of Americans blame Trump and Republicans for rising premiums, while 21 percent blamed Democrats and 19