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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
↵↵Senate Republicans are defending a 53-47 majority heading into the midterm elections, which kick off next month, with March 3 primaries in Texas and North Carolina.Â
↵↵When respondents, independent or not, were asked which party they leaned more toward, they picked Democrats over Republicans 47 percent to 42 percent.Â
At the time of the 2010 elections, Obama's job rating was underwater, according to Gallup, with 45 percent approving and 47 percent disapproving.  ↵↵Trump's current standing is undeniably worse.
↵↵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
Seth Moulton, 47, who has framed the race as a generational battle for the future of the Democratic Party.
↵↵Only 41 percent of Virginia voters said Jones' texts were disqualifying, according to the exit polls, and Republican incumbent Jason Miyares received 47 percent of the vote.
Party leaders agreed to set a 60-vote threshold for each, and the GOP-controlled chamber is divided 53-47. Republican leaders got a bit of surprise bad news when Sen.
Senators ended a 13-hour vote-a-rama after adopting, 52-47, a Republican substitute that stripped out a $400 million rescission to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a popular anti-HIV
A June 27-30 Economist-YouGov survey found 50 percent of Americans disapproved of his immigration policies, while 47 percent approved.
According to the FairVote advocacy group, as of April, ranked choice voting is being used in 52 jurisdictions across the country, including two states (Alaska and Maine), three counties and 47 cities
Four Republicans in a Senate divided 53-47 could be decisive on the issue.
Turner passed away at 70, and there are 76 voting House members (47 Democrats and 29 Republicans) currently serving who are older than he was.
Republicans are slated to hold a 53-47 majority in the next Senate, meaning Trump can only lose three GOP senators on each vote to get some of his more contentious nominees confirmed (with incoming Vice
CA 47: An internal Republican poll shows Scott Baugh leading Dave Min in the Toss-up race in California’s 47th District. Trump transition: Maryland Rep.
The final vote was 48-47, with Republicans Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska joining Democrats in voting to end debate and move forward on the legislation.
In the Senate Military Construction-VA measure, this year’s split is 63-37 in favor of Democrats with less money to go around for earmarks compared to last year’s Senate version, which had a 53-47 split
Fifty-one senators voted to take up the measure, with 47 voting against doing so. The procedural vote Thursday needed 60 in support for the Senate to formally take up the measure.
It was rejected, 47-49. Competing amendments that would have provided fire departments with the ability to fund construction of fire stations, training or health facilities were also rejected.
Still, the partnership received a pledge of $9.4 million in August from a new, unnamed investor, including a deal for more potential investments over a two-year period totaling up to $47 million.