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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.
Trump’s recent moves came as that poll showed "Republicans remain more likely than Democrats to say the U.S. is giving too much support (47 percent vs. 14 percent) and to say helping Ukraine hurts U.S.
Cloture was invoked Wednesday afternoon on a 53-47 party-line vote, limiting debate on the Vought nomination to 30 hours.
Republicans will start the new Congress with 53 seats in the Senate, compared with 47 for Democrats and independents who caucus with them.
Lee Zeldin lost a spirited 2022 race for New York governor to Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul, 53 percent to 47 percent.
A YouGov survey of registered voters released Wednesday put Harris up 47 percent to 45 percent nationally, but the company added a key finding in a summary of the poll: "Trump holds a small lead among
A national polling calculation by FiveThirtyEight showed Harris has opened a 47 percent to 43.7 percent lead over Trump, with independent candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. netting 4.8 percent.
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.
All three voted in favor of Su in 2021 when the Senate voted 50-47 along party lines to confirm her as deputy Labor secretary. None have said yet how they’ll vote and none are on the committee.
The rule came after one of the deadliest train derailments, in 2013, when a train carrying crude oil dislodged from its tracks in the small town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, killing 47 people and engulfing
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
[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.
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.
The argument is that the 47-53 vote Wednesday to reject the second article of impeachment lessened the legislative branch’s power to oversee the executive branch and complicates ongoing litigation
The close floor vote then was 47-53. Were a similar vote held today, it would undoubtedly have more support though it is not clear if enough Republicans would join in to make it veto-proof.