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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.Â
↵↵"This is a rogue terrorist regime that has been threatening the United States and our allies and our people for 47 years," she added.
↵↵That would require some Democratic support in a 53-47 Republican-led chamber with a 60-vote threshold for most legislation.
"For 47 years, they've been talking and talking and talking. In the meantime, we've lost a lot of lives while they talk. Legs blown off, arms blown off, faces blown off.
↵↵Senators voted 52-47 to discharge a war powers resolution from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that would bar military action "within or against" Venezuela absent a specific congressional authorization
↵↵Data from early November from Navigator Research and Global Strategy Group found that 47 percent of Americans blame Trump and Republicans for rising premiums, while 21 percent blamed Democrats and 19
An effort to take up her amendment was defeated 47-53, with every Republican opposing it.
Toomey pushed to amend the bill to keep the spending in the discretionary category, but his amendment was defeated in a 47-48 vote.Â
The 47-51 vote is the latest obstacle for Cook, who would be the first Black woman to join the Fed board.
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
Republican voters, like the representatives they send to Washington, are typically more hawkish — but more GOP respondents (47 percent) approve of the West’s decision against a no-fly zone than disapprove
If Donepudi, 47, were to get his work permit back, he noted the hospital where he works isn’t easily accessible by public transportation.
But a letter circulated by Johnson on Tuesday opposing any legislation to raise the debt ceiling garnered 47Â signatures, putting lawmakers potentially on a course for the type of fiscal brinksmanship
In comparison, just 47 claims have been made related to personal injury or medical malpractice, according to Public Citizen, citing a COVID-19 claims database.
The House adopted the House-Senate conference report by a lopsided vote of 369-47 last week, a day after the Senate had approved the legislation 87-13.
Nine Senate and 47 House negotiators met publicly for the first time Wednesday to lay out their positions on how to proceed in reconciling House and Senate versions of the five-year legislation.
Updated 5:47 p.m. | Not long after their plans were nearly derailed Thursday over a dispute about Planned Parenthood funding, Senate leaders got a final vote on a $856.9 billion funding package.
Merkley’s stand, which started around 6:47 p.m. Tuesday, is not likely to have an effect on the rest of the week with the cloture vote already set for Thursday.
Enzi raised a point of order against the amendment, and the chamber voted 47-51 against waiving the point of order, effectively rejecting the amendment.
Fifty-one percent said they were not confident, compared to 47 percent who said they were.