Senate Faces Modest Agenda as Debt Limit Looms
With a slim 53-47 margin and a host of moderate Democrats worried about big deficits and re-election fights next year, Senate Democratic leaders have been stuck in a defensive legislative crouch.
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Heller, Berkley Close in New Poll
Heller took 47 percent and Berkley 43 percent, with 10 percent undecided. The poll of 491 registered voters was conducted April 21-24 and had a 4.4-point margin of error.
Trio of Democrats Joins Pelosi in Grilling Boehner on DOMA Defense
Updated: 6:47 p.m.
Conservatives Eye Radical Change
Others, particularly some of the newer faces on Capitol Hill, wonder whether the 47-year-old organization’s board — stacked with old-guard names such as Blackwell, a former aide to Ronald Reagan
Will Senate Democrats Rally Beyond the CR?
Indeed, those four Democratic defections make it technically true that Reid needed Republican votes to pass the CR in a 53-47 chamber.
Spending Bill Sails Through Chambers After Months of Standoffs
after the Senate rejected, as expected, a resolution that would have defunded Planned Parenthood on a 42-58 vote and a resolution that would have defunded the health care overhaul law on a party-line 47
The Uneven Senate Landscape of 2012 (and 2014)
Bush), eight Senate seats but only five House seats in 1986 (Ronald Reagan) and thirteen Senate seats and 47 House seats in 1958 (Dwight Eisenhower).
New Poll May Indicate Weakness for Nelson in Florida
Connie Mack IV, who announced last week that he will not enter the race, trailed with 34 percent to Nelson’s 47 percent. MSNBC host and former Rep.
Ornstein’s Awards Are Nothing to Brag About
Here the clear winner is the balanced budget constitutional amendment, which has been endorsed by all 47 Senate Republicans.
Poll Has Mixed News for Obama, Brown in Ohio
Voters were split on Obama’s job performance, giving him a 47 percent approval rating, while 48 percent disapproved.
Senate Votes Put 2012 Politics in Spotlight
The Democratic plan garnered just 42 votes, less than the 44 for the House bill, even though Democrats have a 53-47 majority.
Poll Shows Kohl With Advantage in Potential Fifth Term
Russ Feingold (D), who lost his seat in 2010 to Ron Johnson, 52 percent to 47 percent.
Virginia Poll Shows Kaine, Allen Neck and Neck
The Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling poll showed Kaine and Allen tied with 47 percent each. The pollster found Kaine to be “slightly more popular than Allen.”
Divided GOP Primary May Help Nelson
A Public Policy Polling survey taken in late January showed Bruning led the primary field, getting 47 percent to Stenberg’s 19 percent.
Let’s Empower the Moderate Near-Majority
The basic arithmetic is this: In election after presidential election, exit polls show that, on average, 47 percent of voters self-identify as moderate, 33 percent conservative and 20 percent liberal
Pollster Finds Sheldon Whitehouse ‘Solid’ for Re-Election
The GOP’s strongest potential candidate, Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian, trailed 47 percent to 37 percent in a hypothetical matchup with 16 percent undecided.
House to Reid: Your Turn on CR
The coming fight over the controversial House-passed spending bill will test the Nevada Democrat’s hold on his smaller 53-47 majority as well as the gentlemen’s agreement he struck with Minority
Bingaman Departure Highlights Wild West
With a 53-47 majority, there are now enough open and competitive seats for Republicans to at least make the Senate an even split. Along with New Mexico and North Dakota, where Sen.
Republican Looks for Rematch in Indiana’s 2nd District
Donnelly finished with 48 percent of the vote, Walorski got 47 percent and Vogel got 5 percent.
Senate Democrats Launch ‘Winning the Future’ Agenda
Updated: 1:47 p.m.