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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
The vote was 52-47, with all Democrats except Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania in opposition.
That move also came up short, with a motion to waive a budget point of order on the amendment defeated on a 47-52 vote.
The same Harvard-Harris poll found inflation was most respondents' (47 percent) top issue by a wide margin over "restoring basic American values of merit" at 13 percent and immigration at 11 percent.
Nearly $47 billion of the supplemental funding is military, economic and humanitarian aid for Ukraine to continue its defense against a Russian invasion.
The latter amendment then was rejected, 47-50.
Lee’s amendment then was rejected on a 47-50 vote. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said Thursday that the Sinema-Tester amendment extending Title 42 was “set up not to pass.”
Murphy, the top Democrat on the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, said if the Lee amendment were attached it would sabotage the omnibus in the House later this week, including $47 billion
Scott’s amendment to eliminate tens of billions of dollars in mandatory IRS funding Democrats enacted in their climate, tax and health law was rejected on a 45-47 vote.
Toomey pushed to amend the bill to keep the spending in the discretionary category, but his amendment was defeated in a 47-48 vote.
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.
[Mental health becomes focal point of Senate gun framework] Assisted outpatient treatment, which is permitted in 47 states, is often used as a condition of severely mentally ill individuals
The 47-51 vote is the latest obstacle for Cook, who would be the first Black woman to join the Fed board.
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
Murphy backed Trump’s position on Senate votes 47 percent of the time, while Markey and Warren did on 19 percent, according to CQ Roll Call’s analysis of presidential support voting in 2020.
“I’ve been here for 47 years, and I have never once discussed anything in the caucus in 47 years,” Leahy said. Reed also declined to comment on the discussions.
But only 10 of the 47 members of the Democratic Conference serve on the Judiciary panel.
It usually takes 60 votes to end debate on spending bills in the Senate, making bipartisanship a must with the current 53-47 split in that chamber.
“It doesn’t make sense for 47 people to just have a bunch of questions that they ask in random order.
• Michigan Democrat John Conyers Jr. resigned Dec. 5, 2017, after multiple allegations of sexual harassment during his 47 years in the House.