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ANALYSIS — Democrats lost 47 House seats in the 1966 midterm elections, and that result still “haunts” them, wrote Washington Post columnist Charles Lane recently. But should it?
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.
House Republicans had already said they were targeting 47 of their Democratic colleagues in an initial list released in February.
The Brennan Center for Justice estimated that, as of late March, legislators had introduced 361 bills with restrictive provisions in 47 states.
As recently as 2008, Peterson took 72 percent of the vote in the district to Barack Obama’s 47 percent.
The National Republican Congressional Committee announced its initial list of 47 Democratic targets last month.
The final bill passed the Senate on an 87-13 vote and the House on a 369-47 vote. Stabenow will be the only one of the four still in Congress in 2021.
Some 47 House races remained uncalled as of 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. North Carolina Republican Sen.
Debbie Stabenow’s 47 percent, and in the governor’s race, Bill Schuette narrowly edged Democratic winner Gretchen Whitmer, 49 percent to 48 percent.
But as the messaging vote arrived Thursday, Republicans couldn’t talk to reporters about Democrats blocking their bill — which fell short on a 52-47 procedural vote with only one GOP senator in opposition
GOP targets In the Miami-area 26th District, Gimenez was leading firefighter Omar Blanco 60 percent to 40 percent when The Associated Press called the race at 8:47 p.m. Eastern time.
Tlaib repeats win over Jones Tlaib, a member of the four-woman “squad” from the 2018 House Democratic freshman class, was leading with 66 percent to Jones’ 34 percent when the AP called the race at 9:47
Biden led Trump 47-42 percent in early May in the national average compared with 49-40 percent in mid-July. Of course we don’t have national elections in this country.
Republicans currently control the Senate 53-47, with two independents caucusing with the Democrats.
President Donald Trump carried the rural 4th District, 61 percent to 34 percent, in 2016, yet King only narrowly won reelection two years later, 50 percent to 47 percent over Democrat J.D.
On paper, the math for the 44-year-old Vought is easier than it was in 2018: There are now two more Republicans in the Senate, holding a 53-47 margin.
But the 47 votes the Democratic caucus can muster isn’t enough to stop the confirmation machine, without four GOP colleagues willing to break ranks.
More than 47 percent of U.S. households reported lost income and 37 percent said they expect to feel a paycheck pinch in the near future, according to the results released Wednesday.
That’s worse than a week ago, when his rating was 47 percent approve/50 percent disapprove and some people were hailing his improving numbers.
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).