A look at key flashpoints in the coming Senate reconciliation debate
Four Republicans in a Senate divided 53-47 could be decisive on the issue.
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Nothing is certain except death and politics
Turner passed away at 70, and there are 76 voting House members (47 Democrats and 29 Republicans) currently serving who are older than he was.
Trump doesn’t satisfy GOP holdouts as budget bill talks drag on
"But now they are being aware, and the other 47 states now are becoming a little aggravated that they need to pay for increased tax breaks for the wealthy in these states." Rep.
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At the Races: The shifting Latino vote
Among Democratic-leaning independents, the party’s favorability has fallen by 6 points (to 47 percent) over the same time frame.
Senate confirms Bhattacharya to lead NIH
The vote was 53-47. As director, Bhattacharya would oversee the $48.6 billion agency, the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research.
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
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
GOP majority renews focus on abortion
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
How McConnell could remain a thorn in Trump’s side next Congress
Republicans are slated to hold a 53-47 majority in the next Senate, meaning Trump can only lose three GOP senators on each vote to get some of his more contentious nominees confirmed (with incoming Vice
The great Democratic divide elects Trump twice
Finally, 47 percent of Elites had graduated college, while 80 percent of the Working Class had not.
Trump’s second administration set to be filled with losers
Lee Zeldin lost a spirited 2022 race for New York governor to Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul, 53 percent to 47 percent.
Bellwether Michigan county in the spotlight as parties angle for votes
Kristine Sparks, 47, a Harris voter who lives in the city of Saginaw, said she voted for Trump in 2016 and was disappointed. "I really wanted that change that he was promoting."
Central Michigan gets central role in elections
An Emerson College poll released Wednesday found Barrett leading Hertel 47 percent to 45 percent, within the error margin, and with 7 percent undecided.
Two abortion rulings could weigh into elections in Georgia, Texas
A separate poll from the Cook Political Report Swing State Project Survey puts the GOP presidential nominee at 49 percent to Harris’ 47 percent among Georgia voters.
December stopgap funding bill readied for House floor action
The bill also would provide several targeted increases associated with the presidential transition, including $47 million for District of Columbia emergency planning and security costs associated with
Harris warns of ‘massive detention camps’ under Trump
A September NPR/PBS News/Marist College survey, however, showed Trump ahead nationally, 51 percent to 47 percent, among the bloc — a flip since the August version of the survey, which put Harris ahead,