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.
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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
Republicans start making immigration plans for next year
The GOP is set to have a 53-47 majority next year.
Endangered incumbents tout earmarking prowess on campaign trail
David Valadao of California and Don Bacon of Nebraska secured $47 million and $40 million, respectively, in the fiscal 2025 bills.
Once a liability for Democrats, abortion gets new life with Harris as nominee
Rick Scott over Democratic challenger Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, 47 percent to 43 percent.
Takeaways from first Harris interview, Trump’s vow to ‘produce babies’
A YouGov survey of registered voters released Wednesday put Harris up 47 percent to 45 percent nationally, but the company added a key finding in a summary of the poll: "Trump holds a small lead among
Gaetz wins Florida primary easily, Scott to face Mucarsel-Powell
Two recent polls, by Florida Atlantic University taken Aug. 10-11 and by University of North Florida taken July 24-27, found Scott leading Mucarsel-Powell 47 percent to 43 percent, though a survey taken
Newhouse beaten by Trump-backed challenger in Washington primary
Eastern, when the AP called the race, Gluesenkamp Perez was ahead with almost 47 percent of the vote. Kent came in second, with 38 percent.
Michigan sets matchups in Senate race, House battlegrounds
Marlinga had 47 percent of the vote after the AP called the race at 12:06 a.m., on Wednesday. Financial planner Diane Young had 26 percent, with other candidates in the field in the teens.
Battleground polls tell tales of before and after Biden dropped out
Marcy Kaptur had a 10-point advantage over Republican Derek Merrin, she was below 50 percent and her share of the vote (47 percent) was similar to Harris’ 46 percent.
Self-described ‘tough lady’ Sheila Jackson Lee dead at 74
In the years since, Juneteenth grew from a folk jubilee celebrating the de facto end of slavery into a holiday recognized in 47 states and the District of Columbia.
Fact-checking Day 3 of the Republican National Convention
According to the Energy Information Administration, the national average price of regular gasoline at the pump has increased by 47 percent under Biden’s presidency, rising from $2.38 when he first entered
As younger members of Congress leave, veteran members are trying to get back in
Virginia Democrat Abigail Spanberger, 44, and North Dakota Republican Kelly Armstrong, 47, are both leaving the Hill to run for governor of their respective states.
Senate adopts gun provision among amendments to spending bill
The chamber voted 47-51 to reject an amendment offered by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., opposed by low-income housing and energy efficiency advocates.
House GOP looks ahead to Plan B after doomed stopgap vote
On the Senate side, lawmakers are working on a 47-day bipartisan stopgap funding measure, with a cloture vote scheduled for Saturday.
Latest inflation data shows Americans are still not buying Bidenomics
They also favor the GOP on handling the economy by 14 points (51 percent to 37 percent), taxes by 7 percent (47 percent to 40 percent) and jobs by 6 percent (47 percent to 41 percent.)
How Marc Molinaro went from teenage mayor to key vote in Congress
Now 47 years old, the freshman from New York’s Hudson Valley won his first election at 18.
House, Senate majorities putting their stamps on earmarks
In the Senate Military Construction-VA measure, this year’s split is 63-37 in favor of Democrats with less money to go around for earmarks compared to last year’s Senate version, which had a 53-47 split
Meet the new permitting debate. It’s the same as the old one.
Forty-seven senators voted in favor of attaching an environmental permitting bill to the annual defense authorization language, which became law, and 47 voted against it, leaving the permitting legislation
House passes $1.5 trillion debt limit increase, spending cuts
Biggs agreed, saying in a statement that the measure only lowers the projected gross national debt a decade from now from $52 trillion to $47 trillion.