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Think Mitt Romney’s “47 percent” remark in 2012 to his own gathering of wealthy supporters, and how that image was impossible for the eventually unsuccessful candidate to shake.
The Senate voted 48-52 to reject the House’s abuse of power charge and 47-53 to reject the obstruction of Congress charge. A two-thirds majority of the Senate is required for conviction.
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
He voted with his party to acquit the president on the obstruction of Congress article, making the final tally a party-line vote of 47-53. West Virginia Democratic Sen.
The Senate voted 48-52 to reject the House’s abuse of power charge and 47-53 to reject the obstruction of Congress charge.
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
A later 53-47 vote Friday evening defined the next steps in the trial. The framework calls for the Senate to reconvene as the court of impeachment at 11 a.m.
Republicans hold a 53-47 advantage, which is why Democrats have repeatedly said they need four Republicans to join them to get to 51 votes to allow for more witnesses and documents.
Potential scenarios All 47 Democrats are expected to vote in favor of considering witnesses and documents, so the various scenarios on how the vote will play out only involve deviations in Republican
If all three backed a motion for votes on witnesses supported by all 47 Democrats, it would result in a 50-50 vote tie — short of a majority. “Tie votes fail,” Barrasso said.
Additionally, 47 percent believed a war with Iran would be “more costly” in terms of likely U.S. deaths and money spent than the war in Iraq, compared with 21 percent who believed it would be less
What was once thought to be an easy 53-47 party line that would avoid prolonging the trial didn’t appear to be as safe a bet after revelations from a manuscript of Bolton’s upcoming White House memoir
12:47 p.m. | We know where he stands: The notion of getting Bolton’s manuscript before the Senate, which was proposed by Oklahoma Republican Sen.
Fitch rates the credit of 47 states as AA or better, meaning investments are “not significantly vulnerable to foreseeable events,” which includes economic downturns.
Senators adopted the updated resolution, 53-47, shortly before 2 a.m. Wednesday morning.
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.
According to a FiveThirtyEight aggregation of polls, roughly 47 percent of Americans support Trump’s removal from office, a figure that has held steady since October.
Nearly half (47 percent) of independent voters and 38 percent of all respondents said the influence of big money from corporations and special interests in the nation’s politics amounted to an “extremely
“It doesn’t make sense for 47 people to just have a bunch of questions that they ask in random order.
Cunningham’s constituents were a bit more split, with 47 percent saying they had a less favorable opinion and 38 percent saying they had a more favorable view.