Partisan stopgap funding bills fall short in Senate
Party leaders agreed to set a 60-vote threshold for each, and the GOP-controlled chamber is divided 53-47. Republican leaders got a bit of surprise bad news when Sen.
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Senate GOP moves forward on rules change for certain nominees
The chamber voted 47-52 on a procedural question over the votes needed to invoke cloture on an executive resolution to consider a group of nominations at the subcabinet level.
Senate Democrats face difficult, but not insurmountable, path to majority
Democrats (including independents who caucus with them) hold 47 seats, while the GOP holds 53.
The 14 House districts that didn’t budge from 2022 to 2024
Connecticut’s 4th (where 55.2 percent of residents have a bachelor’s degree or higher), California’s 40th (51.5 percent), California’s 51st (47 percent) and Florida’s 11th (39.2 percent) represented by
Ditch the bromides; stand up for the Constitution
One way to do that is for all 47 of them show up every morning at the normally mostly empty Senate chamber, ready to negotiate a funding compromise and restore Congress as an independent, co-equal branch
Democrats seek to capitalize on climbing energy bills
increase investments in nuclear energy, fossil fuels and critical minerals would support the Trump administration’s goals for constantly running baseload power, while Democrats said spending cuts, such as a 47
Monarez removed as CDC director, HHS says
Monarez, an infectious disease researcher, was confirmed by the Senate 51-47, along party lines, last month.
Trump touts billions for Pennsylvania energy, AI sectors while jabbing at Biden
That survey showed 50 percent of respondents disapproved of Trump’s overall job performance while 47 percent approved.
‘Only way out is deportation’: Trump talks tough at Everglades detention site
A June 27-30 Economist-YouGov survey found 50 percent of Americans disapproved of his immigration policies, while 47 percent approved.
Democrats clash with Hegseth over Guard deployment, shipbuilding
In all, he said, the Defense Department intends to direct $47 billion toward shipbuilding, but it’s unclear how that would be spent or whether reconciliation funding is included in his figures.
Transcript transparency: How the past three administrations stack up
The current administration (Trump 47) provided transcripts for 13.64 percent of events (30 out of 220) until an apparent policy change this month, when transcript releases ceased.
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.
Trump’s false claims about gas, egg prices
That was down about 47% from the average price of about $5.87 on Jan. 17, days before Trump was sworn into office again. The USDA will release its updated wholesale price data on April 25.
Judge starts contempt of court process over US immigration moves
"Rather than comply with the Court’s Order, the Government continued the hurried removal operation," Boasberg wrote in the 47-page decision Wednesday.
‘Haven’t paid your rent’: Zelenskyy shouldn’t rush to sign Trump’s minerals plan, Dems say
Trump’s recent moves came as that poll showed "Republicans remain more likely than Democrats to say the U.S. is giving too much support (47 percent vs. 14 percent) and to say helping Ukraine hurts U.S.
Trump’s speech, spending talks to dominate this week in Congress
Senators on Thursday voted 51-47 to limit debate on the McMahon nomination before breaking for the weekend.
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.
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
Sorting out the facts on ‘waste and abuse’ at USAID
A clip of that portion of her comments was shared widely on social media — the version shared by the White House’s "Rapid Response 47" account on X garnered more than a million views, alone.
Democrats hold Senate floor overnight to protest Trump’s OMB nominee
Cloture was invoked Wednesday afternoon on a 53-47 party-line vote, limiting debate on the Vought nomination to 30 hours.