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↵↵The Senate's 52-47 vote earlier Thursday to advance a war powers resolution that would prohibit any new military action in Venezuela absent congressional authorization will surely make CQ Roll Call's
Republicans will start the new Congress with 53 seats in the Senate, compared with 47 for Democrats and independents who caucus with them.
The chamber voted 47-51 to reject an amendment offered by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., opposed by low-income housing and energy efficiency advocates.
The chamber overwhelmingly rejected the Sinema-Tester measure, 10-87, but it gave wavering Democrats cover to reject the Lee amendment, which went down on a 47-50 vote.Â
The latter amendment then was rejected, 47-50.
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
Despite the organizing resolution being drafted in agreement with Democrats, the 53-47 vote was a strict party-line vote and came after Republicans blocked the minority’s four amendments that served
The next two contests in 2016 were won by Clinton, who bested Sanders narrowly in Nevada (53 percent to 47 percent) but clobbered him in South Carolina (73 percent to 26 percent.)
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.Â
A Fox News poll from earlier this month found the National Rifle Association with a net negative rating for the first time — 42 percent of voters viewed the group favorably, 47 percent had an unfavorable
Tulsi Gabbard has missed the fewest votes of the House candidates, absent for 47 or 12 percent.
A recent Public Policy Polling survey gave O’Rourke 47 percent to Trump’s 41 percent.
Barr appears to have enough support from Republicans, which have a 53-47 advantage in the chamber, to run the Justice Department.
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.
A KSTP/SurveyUSA poll conducted Oct. 16-19Â showed Trump carrying the district by 12 points, 47 to 35 percent. The same poll showed Mills with a 45-41 percent edge.