Congress · 117th Congress
Senate confirms Brainard as Fed vice chair but COVID-19 trips Democrats on Cook vote
The 47-51 vote is the latest obstacle for Cook, who would be the first Black woman to join the Fed board.
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Congress · 117th Congress
Ketanji Brown Jackson nods to history in first remarks after Supreme Court confirmation
The Senate voted 53-47 on Thursday to confirm Jackson with the backing of three Republicans: Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah.
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats revel in history during Supreme Court confirmation vote
The chamber burst into a standing ovation when Harris called the final tally, 53-47, to put Jackson on the highest court in the land after Justice Stephen G.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Republicans risk alienating key voters with ‘beyond the pale’ attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson
She was confirmed 61-36 by the full Senate, with 14 Republicans joining all 47 Democratic caucus members voting “aye.”
Congress · 117th Congress
‘That time is gone’: Americans are in an anti-war mood — but partisan differences are bubbling
Republican voters, like the representatives they send to Washington, are typically more hawkish — but more GOP respondents (47 percent) approve of the West’s decision against a no-fly zone than disapprove
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden ties midterm election legitimacy to doomed voting rights bill
Even as Schumer and 47 members of his caucus were preparing, with Biden’s support, to go it alone with an effort to force a vote to change Senate precedent and create a path to pass the voting rights
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden signs short-term spending bill, averting shutdown
The Senate voted 53-47 for an amendment from Indiana’s Mike Braun that would have prevented lawmakers from getting their paychecks if Congress doesn’t adopt a budget resolution and clear all 12 appropriations
White House · 117th Congress
Infrastructure deal reached, now comes the hard part
It includes $21 billion for environmental remediation; $73 billion for power infrastructure, including grid authority, $5 billion for western water storage and $47 billion to rebuild infrastructure in
White House · 116th Congress
US deficit hit a record $3.1 trillion last year
Meanwhile, spending catapulted to $6.55 trillion, $2.1 trillion or a 47 percent increase above fiscal 2019.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
What happened to the ‘rally around the flag’ effect
The March 22-25 Fox News poll showed Trump’s job approval creeping up from 45 percent in late January to 47 percent in late February and 48 percent in March.
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
White House · 116th Congress
Officially impeached, Trump must learn to live with ‘black mark’ on his presidency
Forty-five percent of Americans support his impeachment and removal from office, with 47 percent opposing both moves, according to a CNN survey.
White House · 116th Congress
Trump on defense as impeachment gains support, Syria decision gets friendly fire
And that figure is larger than the 47 percent of those who responded to a late-September CNN-SSRS poll who say they favor the inquiry.
White House · 116th Congress
Trump cites ‘obligation to end corruption,’ but ex-ethics official says he’s digging deeper hole
Testy Trump adds fuel to raging impeachment battle] A CNN-SSRS poll conducted last week, mostly in the five days immediately following the speaker’s announcement, shows a plurality of voters — 47 percent
White House · 116th Congress
Trump disregards whistleblower protections as polls turn against him on impeachment
A plurality of voters — 47 percent — now support Trump being impeached by the House and removed from office by the Senate, according to a new CNN-SSRS poll.
White House · 116th Congress
As background checks talks stall, Trump casts Beto O’Rourke as scapegoat
“Hell yes we are going to take your AR-15, your AK-47,” O’Rourke, who has struggled to gain a footing among his party’s frontrunners, said last week at the Houston debate.
White House · 116th Congress
New ‘public charge’ rule could affect millions of immigrants
According to MPI, the public charge rule could cause a “chilling effect” in around 47 percent of individuals — citizens and noncitizens — who are members of families where one or more members receive
White House · 116th Congress
Here’s the beef: Trump formally announces trade pact with European countries
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 280 points on Thursday on the China tariffs news, and opened down another 125 points on Friday (as of 9:47 a.m. EDT).
White House · 116th Congress
Trump says House ‘Squad’ congresswomen should ‘apologize’ to him after ‘go back’ tweet
A Washington Post-ABC News survey put his approval rating at 47 percent; it had hovered around 40 percent for most of his term.
White House · 116th Congress
Tiger Woods, Trump and a perhaps counterintuitive political benefit
Approval among female voters was higher on his handling of the economy (47 percent) and keeping his 2016 campaign promises (46 percent).