Campaigns · 117th Congress
John Fetterman had a stroke, but have voters ever cared about a candidate’s health?
Nearly half of adults in Pennsylvania, or 47 percent, have a chronic illness, he said.
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Campaigns · 117th Congress
Lawmakers, challengers plan fundraising blitz ahead of Friday deadline
In the council’s most recent survey, from last year, 47 percent of its member PACs said they had reevaluated their criteria for donations and had made changes, while another 19 percent said they were still
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Purity vs. pragmatism in key race for governor
Tim Pawlenty won reelection by 1 point (and with less than 47 percent of the vote). In 2020, Biden defeated President Donald Trump by 7 points.
Congress · 117th Congress
Grant funding becomes sticking point in gun negotiations
[Mental health becomes focal point of Senate gun framework] Assisted outpatient treatment, which is permitted in 47 states, is often used as a condition of severely mentally ill individuals
Congress · 117th Congress
Odds dimming for quick passage of $10B virus aid package
In a 47-52 vote that was subject to a 60-vote threshold, the Senate did not agree to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the legislative vehicle, a now irrelevant House-passed fiscal 2022
Policy · 117th Congress
Senate confirms border chief amid record migrant encounters
The 50-47 vote for the Tucson, Ariz., police chief makes him the first Senate-confirmed commissioner of CBP since 2019. Magnus was nominated for the role by President Joe Biden in April.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Americans are hesitant to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Washington must do more
A March 10-13 CBS News poll revealed that only 47 percent of Republicans had already received the vaccine or planned to do so, compared with 71 percent of Democrats.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Widows describe what it’s like running for Congress
According to Rutgers University’s Center for American Women and Politics, a total of 47 women have been appointed or elected to fill vacancies in Congress created when their husbands died.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
These senators owe their careers to redistricting
But Arizona gained a seat through reapportionment following the 2010 census and the independent redistricting commission created a Tempe-based 9th District that Obama carried 51 percent to 47 percent
Congress · 116th Congress
Flight attendant advocate Sara Nelson fights to protect their jobs
And it was one Nelson, 47, the head of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, has become familiar with.
Congress · 116th Congress
Vought confirmed as White House budget director
The outcome was hardly in doubt, since the Senate had agreed to advance Vought on a procedural vote of 47-44 just before the Independence Day recess.
Congress · 116th Congress
No deal yet on stimulus as stock market teeters on the edge
But by 6 p.m., supporters mustered only 47 votes of the 60 required to take up the relief package. Plans by Senate GOP leaders for a speedy vote on passage Monday appeared in greater jeopardy.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Despite Lipinski loss, beating incumbents in primaries is rare
And while progressive groups are claiming a mandate for their cause, Newman received a smaller percentage of the vote this year (47 percent) than she did two years ago (49 percent).
White House · 116th Congress
Could Trump’s acquittal spell the end of White Houses honoring congressional subpoenas?
The argument is that the 47-53 vote Wednesday to reject the second article of impeachment lessened the legislative branch’s power to oversee the executive branch and complicates ongoing litigation
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate plans Wednesday vote to acquit Trump
Despite the organizing resolution being drafted in agreement with Democrats, the 53-47 vote was a strict party-line vote and came after Republicans blocked the minority’s four amendments that served
Congress · 116th Congress
Impeachment trial endgame: Republicans hope for Friday vote to acquit Trump
Potential scenarios All 47 Democrats are expected to vote in favor of considering witnesses and documents, so the various scenarios on how the vote will play out only involve deviations in Republican
Congress · 116th Congress
Impeachment news roundup: Jan. 28
12:47 p.m. | We know where he stands: The notion of getting Bolton’s manuscript before the Senate, which was proposed by Oklahoma Republican Sen.
Congress · 116th Congress
Super PACs after 10 years: Often maligned but heavily used
Nearly half (47 percent) of independent voters and 38 percent of all respondents said the influence of big money from corporations and special interests in the nation’s politics amounted to an “extremely
Congress · 116th Congress
Why Ken Cuccinelli is persona non grata in the Senate
Four of the senators referenced in that one fundraising message are still serving in the current narrow, 53-47, GOP majority, and both the SCF and Cuccinelli, a former Virginia attorney general,
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Federal court strikes down Ohio congressional map as partisan gerrymander
Democrats, who won 47 percent of the vote, got 25 percent of the seats. Races in two of the districts, won by Republican Reps.