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Ending debate on the legislation would require 60 votes, and with a 53-47 majority and no Democrats in favor — none voted Tuesday to begin debate — that becomes a herculean hurdle to overcome.
↵↵Last year, the last time the Senate voted on an Iran war powers resolution, the motion to discharge fell short 47-53, with Fetterman voting against it and Paul the only Republican "yes."
The vote was 52-47, with all Democrats except Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania in opposition.
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.
The House voted 267-157, mostly along party lines, with support from Democrats and 47 Republicans, to send the bill to the Senate.
In a 47-52 vote that was subject to a 60-vote threshold, the Senate did not agree to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the legislative vehicle, a now irrelevant House-passed fiscal 2022
Lee’s amendment on the same issue last month, as part of a stopgap funding measure, was defeated on a vote of 46-47, with seven senators absent.
Even as Schumer and 47 members of his caucus were preparing, with Biden’s support, to go it alone with an effort to force a vote to change Senate precedent and create a path to pass the voting rights
But a letter circulated by Johnson on Tuesday opposing any legislation to raise the debt ceiling garnered 47 signatures, putting lawmakers potentially on a course for the type of fiscal brinksmanship
While Yellen could be confirmed shortly after her hearing, according to Wyden, Mnuchin was confirmed on a party-line 53-47 vote 25 days after his confirmation hearing in 2017.
That’s the number of Republicans needed to supplement the 47-member Senate Democratic Caucus to get over the 60-vote hurdle to final passage.
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
The vote reflected the chamber’s party breakdown, with senators voting 53-47 to table, or kill, the minority leader’s initial amendment to subpoena documents.
“There’s a lot of fear and consternation about the committee and what’s going to happen,” says Williams, 47, who adds that Waters is “pragmatic” and knows the panel’s issues thoroughly, having served