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↵↵The annual address to a joint session of Congress — the longest in U.S. history at 1 hour, 47 minutes and 43 seconds — featured some of the most partisan moments in recent memory, with the chief executive
On the health of the economy, 53 percent said it was on the wrong track, while 47 percent picked right track.
An effort to take up her amendment was defeated 47-53, with every Republican opposing it.
All but two Senate Republicans voted for the measure and its pay-as-you-go fix, while 30 out of 47 Democrats opposed it.
The House in July passed the same-sex marriage measure with backing from 47 Republicans. The support of least 10 GOP senators would be needed in that chamber.
Finstad, a Republican, had 51 percent to Democrat Jeff Ettinger’s 47 percent with an estimated 99 percent of the vote counted at 9:25 a.m. Wednesday when The Associated Press called the race.
“After 47 years in Washington, D.C., Chuck Grassley has changed from an Iowa farmer to just another coastal elite,” she said.
Tai, 47, will start her new post with bipartisan backing and support from agriculture, business and union groups that often play major roles in trade issues.
As recently as 2008, Peterson took 72 percent of the vote in the district to Barack Obama’s 47 percent.
The Senate voted 51-47 for cloture, only to reverse itself on an appeal of Humphrey’s ruling later that day.
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.
$47 billion in net new revenues from additional spending at the IRS for enforcement. $102 billion from employee expenses, including an increase in cost-sharing for federal employees and eliminating their
The strategy will be successful if at least 41 of the 47 senators in the Democratic Conference vote against motions to proceed, which require 60 votes to formally begin debate on a bill.